How to Use fanfare in a Sentence

fanfare

noun
  • The new jet was introduced with great fanfare.
  • Most of the time, there’s no fanfare — the show just moves on.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 20 June 2023
  • The arrival of bet365 in Ohio has been met with a great deal of fanfare.
    cleveland, 28 Jan. 2023
  • In 2008, amid much fanfare, the Met returned it to Italy.
    Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2022
  • There was a lot of fanfare leading up to the switch, which was made at 7 a.m. Nov. 15.
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2024
  • And without fanfare, the UTVs revved up to search for the carcass.
    Danielle Bernabe, Bon Appétit, 17 Dec. 2021
  • No fanfare: Turn on the toaster oven to 325°; set on the bake function.
    Anna Francese Gass, Bon Appétit, 28 Nov. 2022
  • For all the fanfare, Trump appears to have largely stayed away from the app on launch day.
    Bernard Condon, Chron, 21 Feb. 2022
  • Still, despite the fanfare surrounding the OBC, a game will have to be played.
    C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 21 May 2024
  • Either that, or he should have just been killed with no fanfare.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2022
  • The laughs start right out of the gate, as an off-key gay men’s chorus performs the studio’s fanfare.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 23 May 2022
  • Cam Rising and the injury The back-to-back champion of the league, Utah, won’t have the most fanfare on Friday.
    Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 July 2023
  • There’s no fanfare, no crash-banging thuds and whirring smoke.
    K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2022
  • In 1985, the first HIV vaccine trial was launched with great fanfare.
    Dan Werb, Time, 16 Mar. 2022
  • That there was even fanfare at all made the finals on Sunday all the more special.
    Caroline Tell, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2021
  • Without a lot of fanfare, the heart of Roxbury is changing.
    Adrian Walker, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Then boom, Brock and his symbiote are whisked right back to their world with little to no fanfare.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Walker then placed the small box behind him on the ground, with little fanfare.
    cleveland, 25 May 2022
  • Two of the most-beloved directors in the industry have stepped into the race, to great fanfare.
    Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023
  • To be sure, Biden is expected to leave the White House with little fanfare.
    Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 9 Jan. 2025
  • There's something about weddings, and the fanfare, and the bachelorette.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The two women said they were triggered by his return to the HBO Max series and all the fanfare that came along with it.
    Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2021
  • Opened to much fanfare last September, the venue cost $2.3 billion to build.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 17 July 2024
  • The movie has inspired all kinds of fanfare—from Hocus Pocus costumes to drinking games to tours of the town where it was filmed.
    Megan Stein, Country Living, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Slowly and without fanfare, around the end of the aughts, social media took its place.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2022
  • But as Ford revived the Bronco to great fanfare, GM has stayed quiet.
    Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 14 Feb. 2023
  • While that one passed without much fanfare, word of last month’s event spread quickly.
    Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2022
  • The fanfare for the actor's new blonde hair in GQ was also on full display on TikTok.
    Sara Miranda, Allure, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Martial arts demonstrations and K-pop dance routines are part of the fanfare.
    Axios Denver, Axios, 31 Jan. 2025
  • For the first few days, he was protected by the fanfare over Rangers’ deadline-day signing of Aaron Ramsey from Juventus.
    Jordan Campbell, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025

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