make a splash

idiom

informal

: to attract a lot of attention in an exciting way

The young director is making (quite) a splash in Hollywood.

The news of her arrest made a huge splash.

Examples of make a splash in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

While one or two may land an 8-figure deal from a streamer or other buyer looking to make a splash, the rest may still take weeks after the festival to close or will go to smaller distributors for a niche market. —Brian Welk, IndieWire, 21 Jan. 2026

Emma Stone loves to make a splash on the Golden Globes red carpet. —Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 12 Jan. 2026

Oh, and the fact that the Sens don’t own a plethora of assets in their prospect pool or available draft picks to make a splash. —Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2026

At the kid-centric resort, the whole family can make a splash at the Aqua Nick water park, eat like a Ninja Turtle at Mikey’s Pizzeria, and even get a famous Nickelodeon sliming. —Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 27 Dec. 2025

Rhymes for make a splash

• ash
• bash
• brash
• cache
• cash
• clash
• crash
• dash
• flash
• gash
• hash
• lash