Example sentences for: upstaged

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

  • The Chinese president also hopes Clinton's visit will bolster his own prestige as a statesman, "upstaged" by new Prime Minister Zhu Rongji's successful European tour.

  • Scandal questions upstaged Gore's feel-good visit to New Hampshire, giving pundits hope that he may get a real fight in the 2000 primaries.

  • This film adaptation of the popular computer game is deemed "so cheesy it could be served on crackers" (Renee Graham, the Boston Globe ). Freddie Prinze Jr. and Matthew Lillard (who is "upstaged by his hair ," according to Entertainment Weekly 's Owen Gleiberman) star as two young fighter pilots in the year 2564.

  • And the tabloid Daily Express found the queen "upstaged" by the actor Sean Connery, an advocate of full independence for Scotland, who received "the biggest cheer of the day" when he arrived in full Highland dress with kilt and sporran and announced menacingly, "This is only the beginning."

  • The sexual charms of prospective customers were on no account to be upstaged by those of the model.


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