Example sentences for: oscar

How can you use “oscar” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Maybe former "indie" titan Miramax is busy churning out Brit-inflected Oscar vehicles, but Warner Bros. and Paramount are putting their stamp on such gutsy fare as Three Kings , Election , and South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut .

  • Oscar nominee William Shakespeare alludes to fish aroma when he says, "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark."

  • He deserves an Oscar as much as anyone living--for best director, not for best human being.

  • Halle Berry's pet biopic (she stars and executive produces) of Dandridge, the first African-American to earn an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, gets a lukewarm reception: "a devoted but ultimately dull hagiopic" marred by "a flat script and uninteresting narrative" (James Poniewozik, Time ). Some of the more sordid parts of Dandridge's life have been left out, and several critics say that while Berry captures Dandridge's beauty and glamour, she lacks her heat and sensuality.

  • His first, the Booker Prize-winning Oscar and Lucinda (1988), is now a major motion picture.


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