How to Use Cinderella in a Sentence

Cinderella

noun

• The team is the Cinderella of the tournament.
• This open-back, drop-waist stunner in an icy Cinderella blue?
  — Lauren Alexis Fisher, Footwear News, 28 May 2025
• In fact, the Cinderella star pushed through the show, which kicked off her tour leg in Asia.
  — Michelle Lee, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
• Afghanistan is the Cinderella story though still way down in rankings.
  — Dominic Pino, National Review, 31 Oct. 2023
• Being led to the playoffs on a Cinderella run for the ages by a guy named Jet?
  — Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
• This isn’t the first time the Cinderella star has spoken out against the Vogue cover.
  — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Aug. 2023
• Then there’s the Drake Bulldogs, who could be our best Cinderella story this year.
  — Chris Branch, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
• The Kings are the league’s Cinderella story this season, but this is the nightmare matchup for them.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 13 Apr. 2023
• While the makeovers are engaging, moving and fun — who doesn’t love a Cinderella story?
  — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
• Can the Orioles continue their Cinderella run from worst to first?
  — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 27 Mar. 2024
• That team, which is known as the Bright Stars, has been writing a Cinderella story of its own.
  — Bryan Walsh, Vox, 26 July 2024
• And on Sunday, the clock struck midnight on their Cinderella season.
  — Alex Vejar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2023
• As for the the film project, insiders do add that the film will not specifically be linked to Cinderella.
  — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2024
• Montgomery High School couldn’t pry the slipper off Cinderella’s foot.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2024
• In the sky above, more than 9,000 drones formed the shape of Cinderella's Castle.
  — Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
• Like the classic fairytale of Cinderella, Benedict met a woman at a ball.
  — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 17 June 2024
• We’re held captive by the Cinderella myth, the idea that these transformations are abrupt and happen overnight.
  — Joanne Lipman, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2023
• Cinderella Castle currently features pale gray walls at its base with a light pink higher up on the structure.
  — Colson Thayer, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
• Singer and actress Brandy played Cinderella in a 1997 remake of the film.
  — Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN, 27 May 2023
• Groban captioned a carousel of photos, including one of the pair kissing in front of Cinderella's castle.
  — Haley Van Horn, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024
• And even Raducanu’s Cinderella story is not quite to script.
  — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
• Just like Cinderella, Peter and Gwendolyn dance the night away until the clock strikes midnight.
  — Dan Gvozden, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 June 2023
• The newest trailer for the film sees Cinderella standing her ground against the Queen of Hearts, even after her takeover.
  — Shania Russell, EW.com, 23 May 2024
• A week ago, the Beach were mired in a five-game losing streak to end the regular season as their Cinderella hopes seemed to be circling the drain.
  — Kevin Dotson, CNN, 17 Mar. 2024
• Of course, there’s a place for the fantasy of Cinderella’s glass slipper or Snow White's hope that someday her prince will come.
  — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 22 Nov. 2024
• So this year, the Cinderella that was built for the Palladium is in Edinburgh.
  — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 7 Dec. 2024
• The senior buried eight consecutive free throws in the clutch to end McClatchy’s Cinderella run.
  — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2024
• Tom Keifer Keifer rose to fame as the voice of Cinderella, the Stonesiest hair-metal band on the planet.
  — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 31 Mar. 2024
• However, in a new bold prediction ahead of the series start, the Cinderella run by the Pacers ends bluntly.
  — Matt Levine, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
• Don't call her Cinderella Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams paused the show a few songs in to replace her footwear.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 6 June 2023