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How to use enthusiast in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Enthusiast means a person filled with or guided by enthusiasm. Example: “Even the most plugged-in politics enthusiasts had a hard time understanding his oblique references.”

More sentences with enthusiast

  • Even the most plugged-in politics enthusiasts had a hard time understanding his oblique references.From the entry plugged in
  • The flutter is part of the appeal for cassette enthusiasts.From the entry flutter
  • Underlying every Esperanto enthusiast is the Esperantist ideal that the world would be a better place if everyone could understand each other better.From the entry Esperantist
  • YouTube is awash in gun content, often referred to as “GunTube” by firearm enthusiasts.2023 May 16, “YouTube and Gun Content: A Dangerous Combination for Kids and Teens”, in Everytown Support Fund. From the entry bulletproof
  • If a wine-lover is called an oenophile, what’s a river enthusiast?2013 June 13, Craig O’Donnell, “River organizations hold pair of parties”, in Kent County News, volume 68, number 24, Chestertown, Md.…. From the entry potamophile
  • Twenty-first-century American conservatives are seldom confused with 19th-century enthusiasts of “free love.” But when the U.S.2013 April 5, Anand Giridharadas, “The Changing Meaning of Marriage”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company…. From the entry free-lover
  • In Nanyang Prefecture's Tanghe County, party secretary Bi Kedan was an enthusiast of the Great Leap Forward.2012 [2008], Jisheng Yang, “The Epicenter of the Disaster”, in Tombstone: The Great Chinese Famine, 1958-1962, 1st American edition…. From the entry Tanghe
  • These three-wheeled chariots are baby strollers that have been modified for running enthusiasts.2010 October 19, Chris Cooper, Long May You Run: All. Things. Running., Touchstone, →ISBN, page 110. From the entry running stroller
  • OK, greetz to all the real amateur radio ops and enthusiasts out there.2000, MattD.., “Greetz! And Mark, where are ya?”, in uk.radio.amateur (Usenet). From the entry greetz
  • Banana peel enthusiasts at the University of California at Berkeley have held mass "smokeouts."2000, Steven R. Belenko, Drugs and Drug Policy in America: A Documentary History, page 275. From the entry smokeout
  • In written sources, the notion of ethnic Turkishness originated with European enthusiasts in the mid-nineteenth century.1995, Mae Henderson, Borders, boundaries, and frames, page 137. From the entry Turkishness
  • Saucer enthusiasts argued that the cropland patterns marked the landing spots of UFOs bearing visitors from space.1991 September 23, Leon Jaroff, “It happens in the best circles”, in Time, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2016. From the entry cereology
  • Of course the real enthusiast makes his own orderly room date stamp.1991, Tom Elder, “Leave without Absence”, in The Elder Tree: Memorabilia of a Traditional Tyneside Family, Edinburgh: The Pentland Press…. From the entry Bob is your uncle
  • While oriental and specialty markets sell Gobo root to Japanese cooks, herbal medicine enthusiasts use common burdock.1988, Brant S. Rogers, Culinary Botany: The Essential Handbook. From the entry gobo
  • The train was stuffed full of journalists and gricers, as railway enthusiasts are pejoratively termed.1981 December 10, “Feedback”, in New Scientist, volume 92, number 1283, page 723. From the entry gricer
  • In the milder case of "balloonacy" the enthusiast proposes essentially a modernized Hindenburg (8 million cu ft).1975, Machine Design, volume 47, numbers 24-29, page 20. From the entry balloonacy
  • So young speed enthusiasts can get high performance equipment for their "street draggers."1967, United States. Congress. Senate, Hearings, volume 8, page 4149. From the entry dragger
  • Cat enthusiasts are by no means limited to withdrawn, frustrated individuals.1963 November 6, Joe Nagelschmidt, “Dog May Be Man’s Best Friend, But . . .”, in James Shumaker, editor, The Chapel Hill Weekly, volume…. From the entry ailourophobic
  • Louis must have some thrills even for the most die-hard steam enthusiast.1955 April, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 261. From the entry spotlessly
  • Skyriot wares are hardly exported at all, except to Athens for the benefit of the folk-art enthusiasts.1938 December, Stanley Casson, “The Modern Pottery Trade in the Aegean”, in O[sbert] G[uy] S[tanhope] Crawford, Roland Austin, editors…. From the entry Skyriot
  • “Manxie,” as the Manx cat is sometimes called, has been the theme of many cat enthusiasts.1918, Alice Jean Cleaton, Animals, Volumes 51-53, page 29. From the entry Manxie
  • It has produced superstitious enthusiasts, harebrained vagarians, who have brought the most sacred things into contempt.1907, The Methodist Review Quarterly - Volume 56, page 715. From the entry vagarian
  • Many psychedelic enthusiasts have engaged in “flipping” of some sort — that is, taking MDMA alongside another substance.2024 February 16, Suzannah Weiss, “Nexus Flipping: What Happens When You Combine MDMA and 2C-B”, in Double Blind Magazine, archived from…. From the entry candy flip
  • The Moscow couple have been longtime Ren Fair enthusiasts.2023 May 5, Anthony Kuipers, “Moscow Renaissance Fair vets ascend to royalty”, in The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, W.A.: Review Publishing…. From the entry Ren fair
  • Enter the scentfluencers, a group of fragrance enthusiasts who are demystifying the, frankly often very wafty, world of scent.2023 August 6, Verity Clark, “Would you wear a cauliflower-based perfume?”, in The Times, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the…. From the entry skinfluencer
  • Council's tip shops in Acacia Ridge and Geebung are treasure troves for everyone from budding home stylists to outdoor enthusiasts.2021 February 1, Living in Brisbane, Brisbane, page 7. From the entry treasure trove
  • But even though Sprinkle and Stephens no longer organize the weddings themselves, other ecosexual enthusiasts have taken up the cause.2021 August 16, “The ‘ecosexuals’ hosting joyful weddings to the Earth”, in CNN. From the entry ecosexual
  • Many enthusiasts believe that Bigfoot is not some sort of undiscovered hominid, but rather a mystical being that moves between dimensions.2019, Christopher D. Bader, Joseph O. Baker, “Bigfoot: Undiscovered Primate or Interdimensional Spirit?”, in Deviance Management…. From the entry bigfoot
  • On forums, enthusiasts rave about hypnotherapy’s effects on everything from anxiety to a fear of heights to bananaphobia.2018 June 25, Alice-Azania Jarvis, “‘Spider courage’ is great in theory...”, in Evening Standard, page 17. From the entry bananaphobia
  • A smattering are just AG enthusiasts showing off their collections.2012 December 23, Dodai Stewart, “The Weird and Amazing World of American Girl Doll Music Videos”, in Jezebel, archived from the original…. From the entry ag
  • They own the texts, they are enthusiasts, aficionadi.2011, Donald Richie, Viewed Sideways: Writings on Culture and Style in Contemporary Japan, Stone Bridge Press, →ISBN, page 149. From the entry aficionadi
  • Most prairie enthusiasts are antiherbicide; some violently so.1980, J. Robert Smith, The Prairie Garden, page 10. From the entry antiherbicide
  • Fortunately there are enthusiasts who restore old player-pianos with great devotion, much as other people restore the cars that Mr.1976, Sidney Harrison, “Pianos Play Themselves”, in Grand Piano, London: Faber and Faber, […], →ISBN, page 230. From the entry player-piano
  • It will be sadly missed by enthusiasts who have found Ireland's railways among the most characterful in Europe.1959 September, W. A. C. Smith, “The end of the Cavan & Leitrim”, in Trains Illustrated, page 415. From the entry characterful
  • The Society, which is a non-profit-making organisation, is inviting enthusiasts to become members at a minimum annual subscription of £1.1951 April, “Preservation of the Talyllyn Railway”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 218. From the entry subscription
  • But while New Jersey now treats all e-bikes as essentially the same, cycling enthusiasts and other states still use these classifications, so here’s a breakdown.2026 January 21, Ximena Conde, “How N.J. ended up having some of the most restrictive e-bike regulations in the country. And why advocates…. From the entry e-bike
  • Called “Weirdo shirts,” the style caught on among enthusiasts at car shows across America in what’s known as the “Kustom Kulture scene.”2024 August 20, Unattributed, “History of Rat Fink: The Crazed, Grotesque Creation of a Hot Rod Enthusiast”, in The News Wheel. From the entry weirdo shirt
  • Bringing bright and brappy Japanese car culture to the snowy highways of Vancouver helps this group of car enthusiasts make it through the dark winter.2024 February 4, Brendan Mcaleer, “Dreams of Summer and Japan on the Kaido New Year's Touring Run”, in Car and Driver. From the entry brappy
  • But whether or not the VCR makes a complete comeback, VHS enthusiasts agree that these tapes occupy an irreplaceable place in culture.2021 February 20, Hannah Selinger, “Who Is Still Buying VHS Tapes?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 28 Mar 2022. From the entry make
  • This is where a large number of young rail enthusiasts are choosing to congregate online and discuss gaming, modding and railways in general.2021 August 11, Chris Howe, “Inspire the march of the 'Mods'”, in RAIL, number 937, page 62. From the entry modding

Meaning of enthusiast

  1. noun A person filled with or guided by enthusiasm.
  2. noun A person exhibiting over-zealous religious fervour.

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Questions about enthusiast in a sentence

How do you use enthusiast in a sentence?
Enthusiast is used as a noun. For example: “Even the most plugged-in politics enthusiasts had a hard time understanding his oblique references.”
What is a short sentence with enthusiast?
“Most prairie enthusiasts are antiherbicide; some violently so.”
What does enthusiast mean?
Enthusiast means a person filled with or guided by enthusiasm.

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