How to Use follower in a Sentence

follower

noun
  • The band has a large group of followers.
  • The party drew most of its followers from among young people.
  • He had a reputation of being a follower, not a leader.
  • Your followers love it and crave it.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Her followers were right there with her.
    Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Your clients and followers feel the shift.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • Klum’s feed was filled with praise from her followers.
    Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
  • By then, Church had a band of followers.
    Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Many followers of the trial felt this was far too short.
    Gaby Wood, Vogue, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Shay’s followers loved the post and hyped her up in the comments!
    Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 3 Aug. 2023
  • That's not good enough for Kennedy and his followers.
    Will Carless, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
  • She’s labeled a strict rule follower like that’s a bad thing.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Not to start a movement, or gain new followers.
    William Jones, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Nearly half of those followers were new this year.
    Brittany Shepherd, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2025
  • And few of his followers are asking why.
    Leila Gharagozlou, CNN Money, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Why do his followers agree to follow him?
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 June 2026
  • If an online trend fades or followers are lost, the name tends to lose steam as well.
    Sarah Scott, Parents, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Grande's plea to her followers has since been deleted.
    Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Here’s a list of questions from my followers.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • None of these fit as cleanly into a slide as a follower count does.
    Rhea Karo, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • Mouse is the rule follower of the group and an honor student.
    Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 16 Apr. 2021
  • The poem ends with the hero’s burial and the laments of his followers.
    Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Then, Biles urged her followers to try and figure it out.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Kylie read out from her followers' questions.
    Staff Author, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Look at the engagement on posts rather than just follower count.
    Mahnoor Khan, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2022
  • Trump and his followers talk a lot about supporting free speech.
    Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • They’re led by snake-oil gurus who end up sucking the wealth out of their followers.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 June 2026
  • Then, share them with your LinkedIn followers.
    William Arruda, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • Your followers will survive just fine without you for a while.
    Alessandra Signorelli, Vogue, 29 May 2026
  • One warm lead is worth more than a thousand passive followers.
    Danine Alati, Architectural Digest, 6 July 2026

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