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
  • 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
  • Two of the most-beloved directors in the industry have stepped into the race, to great fanfare.
    Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023
  • There's something about weddings, and the fanfare, and the bachelorette.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 7 Feb. 2024
  • But as Ford revived the Bronco to great fanfare, GM has stayed quiet.
    Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The building opened with fanfare in 1928 as the Real Estate Building.
    Madison Iszler, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Its first season premiered in 2022, on what was then called HBO Max, to little fanfare.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Sweeney arrived about halfway through to great fanfare in a form-fitting black pleather dress.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Welcomed by a fanfare, Queen Camilla then entered the cathedral to take her seat.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The day that probably was the Crescent’s last came and went with no fanfare, no last-minute pleas for donations.
    Lawrence Specker | , al, 13 Apr. 2023
  • But there was no fanfare at the Tucson shelter when the Guinea pigs, rabbits, hamsters and rats arrived.
    Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Without fanfare, the team picked up the option after last season.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2023
  • This might have been less disappointing if the restaurant had made a bit more fanfare over the fact that it had been grown just a few miles up the river.
    Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2023
  • The governor signed the bill with little fanfare, just a short statement from his office.
    Steve Karnowski, Twin Cities, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The plan was given little fanfare by the Board of Supervisors.
    Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2023
  • Judge William Ryan granted the request with little fanfare.
    Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Black Adam debuted in late October 2022 with the Cavill cameo and the big fanfare about his return.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Amid all of the driver fanfare, a crowd has formed around Will Buxton, with fans mugging for selfies and autographs.
    David Hill, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2024
  • Newsom is the first U.S. governor to visit China since 2019, and has been welcomed with great fanfare in every city on the tour.
    Laurel Rosenhall, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Some have drawn parallels with the West Kowloon rail station in Hong Kong that opened to much fanfare as well as controversy in 2018.
    Heather Chen, CNN, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Taverna, No Man’s Land) that opened without fanfare a year ago.
    Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Despite the fanfare surrounding the strike, Amazon lorries stream undeterred up and down the road connecting the Coventry warehouse to the rest of the UK.
    WIRED, 25 Jan. 2023
  • But people were confused by the fanfare over his gift and the decision to give Griffin such a prominent reward.
    Tori Otten, The New Republic, 11 Apr. 2023
  • While the tree goes up without much fanfare, figuring out the lights is another story.
    Erin Johnson, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Scott announced concert with great fanfare earlier this month and said it would also be livestreamed.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 26 July 2023
  • Just one year prior, Edison had invented the phonograph to great fanfare.
    Tara Isabella Burton, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2023
  • MrBeast Burger launched with a North Carolina pop-up restaurant in 2020 to great fanfare.
    Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Foreign ministers are rarely, if ever, met with much fanfare at the airport.
    David Pierson, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2023

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