How to Use leading in a Sentence

leading

adjective

• Their family played a leading part in the settlement of the town.
• She's one of the leading authorities on the stock market.
• Home dryers are the second leading cause of house fires in the U.S.
  — USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2024
• In a leading role, Miller portrays one of the prisoners.
  — Vulture, 13 Jan. 2023
• The film marks Spacey’s first leading role since being cleared in the London trial.
  — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 5 Mar. 2024
• In the fight for the future of the free world, Ukrainian youth will continue to play a leading role in more ways than one.
  — Time, 16 Dec. 2022
• Biden and leading Democrats have largely had little to say about it.
  — Terry Spencer and Will Weissert, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2023
• Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women in the US.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 14 Mar. 2024
• The two-time World Cup winner has played a leading role on and off the field in helping women flourish.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2023
• Her new film finds her in a leading role, with Nia Long playing her onscreen mom.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 13 Jan. 2023
• Suicide was the second leading cause of death for people ages 10 to 14 , according to the CDC.
  — Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 12 Mar. 2024
• All that was needed for Lee to move up was the right role — in this case, her first leading role, one that almost didn’t come her way.
  — Robert Ito, New York Times, 31 May 2023
• The phrasing of her questions had been unashamedly leading.
  — Sarah Watling, Time, 13 July 2023
• Some 25 countries are involved, with NASA taking the leading role.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 23 Dec. 2023
• Overall, prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men.
  — Nicole Wetsman, ABC News, 12 Jan. 2023
• Meta, which is taking a leading role by co-launching the group along with IBM, has been at the center of this criticism.
  — Sage Lazzaro, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2023
• The movie, which was greeted with a seven-minute standing ovation, marks Depp’s first leading role in three years.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 7 June 2023
• While Vanessa’s part in the film was minor, Scarlett was cast in her first leading role as 11-year-old Amanda a.k.a.
  — Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
• After earning valuable minutes off the bench as a junior, he was poised to take on a leading role.
  — Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2023
• For leading roles or co-leading roles, that number dipped to 3.5 percent.
  — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 June 2023
• This marks Quan’s first major leading role in his 40 years in Hollywood.
  — Jack Dunn, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024
• Poole has since established himself as one of the team’s leading scorers.
  — Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2023
• But Transatlantic marks his first leading role in a major series.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2023
• This is a new era for mobile experiences and Samsung Galaxy has a leading role to play in it.
  — Zak Doffman, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
• Colon and breast cancer now exceed lung cancer as leading causes of cancer death for those under the age of 50.
  — Dr. Aishwarya Thakur, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2024
• In Tualatin’s slim losses, the opponent’s leading scorers have had a field day.
  — Shane Hoffmann, oregonlive, 10 Jan. 2023
• Plus, this is Ellis Taylor’s first leading role and this moment is long overdue.
  — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 19 Dec. 2023
• Among them is Cleta Mitchell, who played a leading role in the Trump campaign’s efforts to reverse the election results in Georgia.
  — Danny Hakim, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2023
• This isn't the first time Petersen attempted to move back to her home state for a leading role at one of the state's institutions of higher learning.
  — Ryan Anderson, Arkansas Online, 10 Jan. 2023
• Druyan was the director of the project and played a leading role in curating the music, which is meant to reflect the human experience.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 July 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024