How to Use cause célèbre in a Sentence

cause célèbre

noun

• Now, all of a sudden, this has become the cause celebre of the left.
  — Fox News, 30 June 2018
• Sharpton had done his best to make the episode a cause celebre by leading demonstrations.
  — Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2020
• The suit became a cause celebre for conservatives and talk show hosts.
  — Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 27 July 2022
• Ibar has become a cause celebre in his father’s home country.
  — Lisa Arthur, www.sun-sentinel.com, 17 Apr. 2018
• Since the Kenosha shooting, Pierce said he has been consumed with his work on behalf of Rittenhouse, who has become a cause celebre for some on the right.
  — Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2020
• Opposition to non-compete agreements has become a new cause celebre on the left.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2023
• Recently, a few pets have become cause celebre when their X-ray images went viral.
  — Andrea Sachs, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Feb. 2023
• Mill is a huge Sixers fan and his incarceration turned into a cause celebre.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2018
• Critical race theory is not an official curriculum taught in US schools but has still become the cause celebre on the right.
  — Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 28 Jan. 2022
• As the case became a cause celebre, with women’s groups clamoring for Jamali to be punished, the victim’s brother Javed Bhutto was a beacon of calm and resolve.
  — Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2019
• Suddenly Manumua’s name started showing up as a cause celebre in right wing media.
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 July 2021
• Either way, the cause celebre is getting tired and getting old, but, apparently, not getting heard among those people.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Feb. 2022
• The case has made Rittenhouse a conservative cause celebre.
  — Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2021
• For Islamic State supporters, the detainees have become a cause celebre.
  — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2019
• Kavaan became a cause celebre in part because America's iconic singer and actress Cher joined the battle to save him from his desperate conditions at the zoo.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Apr. 2021
• Luetzerath has become a cause celebre for critics of Germany's climate efforts.
  — Philipp Jenne, ajc, 14 Jan. 2023
• Overturning the convictions had become a cause celebre.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2020
• Since then, his fortunes apparently have changed and Floyd has become a something of a cause celebre in conservative circles.
  — Chris Joyner, ajc, 29 Aug. 2023
• By then, the case was becoming a cause celebre in British politics, driven by the suspicion that, had the Lawrences been White, the police would have treated it completely differently.
  — Robert Hutton, Bloomberg.com, 11 Aug. 2020
• Gaetz has made no secret of his support for Rittenhouse, who has become a cause celebre among Republican supporters of gun rights.
  — al, 19 Nov. 2021
• Mitnick became a cause celebre for hackers who considered his 5-year prison term excessive.
  — Time, 21 July 2023
• Woodfin's campaign became something of a cause celebre among national liberal activists aligned with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 4 Oct. 2017
• Valtonyc’s case became a cause celebre in Spain among organizations who claim Spanish authorities are cracking down on free speech.
  — Lorne Cook, The Seattle Times, 17 Sep. 2018
• So instead of a small gesture that, quite honestly, would have gone unnoticed by most of the people watching the World Cup, Infantino has turned the armbands into a cause celebre that will continue so long as the tournament does.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2022
• The Navalny case has become an international cause celebre.
  — Vasiliy Kolotilov, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2021
• The media and federal unions are making a cause celebre out of federal scientists who have resigned and then denounced Trump Administration policies on the way out.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 7 Aug. 2017
• Someone else did, though, and the incident became an international cause celebre.
  — Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2021
• Police shooting of unarmed black men have been a cause celebre nationally for years, most famously in Ferguson, Missouri, after the 2014 police shooting of Michael Brown.
  — James Rainey /, NBC News, 29 Mar. 2018
• Peters, who is 70 years old, is a cause celebre among those who insist the 2020 election was stolen.
  — Max Potter, Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2026
• Their case became a cause celebre and a polarizing one.
  — Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2025