How to Use socialite in a Sentence

socialite

noun
  • The socialite shared a snap of the two ladies in a kitchen together.
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2023
  • In the beginning, there was a wealthy socialite who dressed up like a bat to solve crimes.
    Oliver Sava, EW.com, 8 Mar. 2022
  • Turns out, the socialite is the great-grandmother of Queen Camilla.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 May 2023
  • Gautreau was a socialite in her day, but Madame X doesn’t get around much anymore.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2023
  • White House aides shuttled interns, movie stars, and Washington socialites in the White House front door and out the back in time for the next one.
    Nina Burleigh, The New Republic, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The socialite also covered the brand’s magazine in June.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Things get even better when one of them is mistaken for a British socialite.
    Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 20 Mar. 2023
  • But people also have a lot of questions about this NYC socialite.
    Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The 25-year-old model and socialite had her abs on display for the evening, sporting a halter-neck Michael Kors gown.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 16 June 2022
  • Instead, the socialite carved out a public role for herself in a style more akin to American first ladies.
    Emiko Jozuka, CNN, 11 July 2022
  • When the socialites, who are the target of a high-profile kidnapping ring, refuse to go through with the trip, the brothers disguise themselves as the pair to flush out the crooks.
    Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The hearing is being held to determine whether the socialite should stand trial in the deaths of Jacob and Mark Iskander, ages 8 and 11.
    Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2022
  • The British socialite can also still appeal the decision.
    Marta Dhanis, Fox News, 1 Apr. 2022
  • This time, Salma Hayek co-stars as a wealthy socialite who offers him the chance to headline and choreograph a dance show in London.
    Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 7 Jan. 2023
  • Prosecutors have not offered a plea deal to the socialite, who has been out on $2-million bond.
    Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Constance’s bouffant was very much styled after a doyenne socialite look.
    Sophia Scorziello, Variety, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Shoppers have been drawn to Round Top since a pair of Houston socialites hosted the town’s inaugural sale, in 1968.
    Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2023
  • This socialite is kind, is loving, is a pillar of society.
    Dana Feldman, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2022
  • As my dad reminded me: my grandmother was a socialite of sorts.
    Darian Symoné Harvin, ELLE, 24 May 2023
  • Frances de Chollet was a middle-aged American socialite who lived in Bern.
    Moira Hodgson, WSJ, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Things get a little wild when a fake New York socialite who lied about her backstory to get a book deal gets a visit from her publisher on the farm.
    Emy Lacroix, Peoplemag, 21 Nov. 2022
  • While the series is almost over, the jewels that reflect the time period and the styles worn by the socialites remain in our collective conscious.
    Beth Bernstein, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Or did Texas socialite Margaret Sames concoct the drink during a house party in Mexico in 1948?
    Jenna Anderson, Sunset Magazine, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Jamil plays Tahani Al-Jamil, a delusional and wealthy socialite who also met her untimely end.
    Milan Polk, Men's Health, 18 Aug. 2022
  • The idea for the hotel was dreamed up in the early 1920s by Nantucket socialite Elizabeth T. Ludwig, who wanted to create one of the island’s best places to stay.
    Liz Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Now bartending in Florida, a chance meeting with a wealthy socialite (Salma Hayek) upends his world and puts him at the lead of a London dance revue.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Both the driver of the car and Diana's boyfriend, Egyptian socialite Dodi Fayed, who was another passenger, died as well.
    Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2022
  • The presiding judge declined to dismiss murder charges against the socialite, who is accused of speeding through a marked crosswalk and striking and killing two boys.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Lillie Langtry, the real-life British socialite and actress, is being blackmailed.
    Chris Vognar, Chron, 27 Apr. 2023
  • For its first stage of life, Maid Marian 2 was a socialite’s plaything, a counterpart to Maid Marian, the yacht owned by her brother.
    Nicole Trilivas, Robb Report, 30 June 2023

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'socialite.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: