Examples of poser in a Sentence
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
Hey, none of you posers got any caprese sandwiches, right?
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
Seek out the real meaning; don’t follow or emulate posers.
—Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 13 Mar. 2026
Costumed reporters and awkward celebrity posers.
—Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Newsom became, by his own definition, a poser.
—Maya Singer, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2026
This means not undershooting to the point of looking passive and not overshooting to the point of looking like a poser.
—Gorick Ng, CNBC, 26 Jan. 2026
Portman plays a desperate, well, gallerist looking to offload a corpse as art during Miami’s annual poser-heavy Art Basel conference.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 21 Jan. 2026
Rideshare posers have also allegedly raped passengers.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 11 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Get paid, hang out like the rest of these posers.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
Hey, none of you posers got any caprese sandwiches, right?
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
Seek out the real meaning; don’t follow or emulate posers.
—Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 13 Mar. 2026
Costumed reporters and awkward celebrity posers.
—Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Newsom became, by his own definition, a poser.
—Maya Singer, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2026
This means not undershooting to the point of looking passive and not overshooting to the point of looking like a poser.
—Gorick Ng, CNBC, 26 Jan. 2026
Portman plays a desperate, well, gallerist looking to offload a corpse as art during Miami’s annual poser-heavy Art Basel conference.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 21 Jan. 2026
Rideshare posers have also allegedly raped passengers.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 11 Aug. 2025
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“Poser.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poser. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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poser
1 of 2 noun
pos·er
ˈpō-zər 
: a puzzling or baffling question
poser
2 of 2 noun
: a person who poses
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