How to Use suitor in a Sentence

suitor

noun

• He was her most persistent suitor, and she eventually agreed to marry him.
• An unwanted suitor is buying up the company's stock.
• The track is a cheeky tell-off to a suitor who won't take a hint.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 May 2018
• Then, at the end, the winning suitor meets their match face-to-face.
  — Kate Knibbs, Wired, 21 July 2021
• That's how coach Juwan Howard and the Wolverines emerged as a suitor.
  — Mason Young, Detroit Free Press, 30 June 2022
• The waiting game could work in their favor in terms of the amount of suitors.
  — Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 2 July 2018
• The Rangers were one of the few suitors to offer him a big league contract.
  — Mac Engel, star-telegram, 27 Feb. 2018
• The show tells the story of a farm girl and her courtship with two rival suitors.
  — Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 6 Apr. 2018
• The idea of attempting to draw suitors in this heat is hellish.
  — Raven Smith, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2023
• The Cubs should be one of the top suitors in the sweepstakes, as well as the other big market clubs.
  — Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Aug. 2025
• In her junior year, a suitor named Fredy who worked as a cook asked her to move in.
  — Jason Deparle, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2022
• The ladies then go on their final dates with their suitors.
  — Julia Moore, People.com, 16 June 2025
• The Rams and 49ers emerged as Peters’ only suitors, sources told The Star.
  — Terez A. Paylor, kansascity, 23 Feb. 2018
• The large price tag for the app is one of many factors that could limit the number of suitors.
  — Lauren Hirsch, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
• Nevett said Ethos wasn't its only suitor but was the best fit.
  — Alexis Benveniste, CNN, 27 Nov. 2019
• As much as the women have to meet their suitors' standards, so too should the guys.
  — Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 23 May 2025
• After all, the point is to stick out in the pool of potential suitors, right?
  — Alyssa Girdwain, Women's Health, 17 Mar. 2023
• At the start of the finale, both women had a final suitor.
  — Marianne Garvey, CNN, 21 Sep. 2022
• The large price tag for the app is one of many factors that could limit the number of suitors.
  — Peter Baker, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2024
• Odysseus coming back to find his wife still weaving and the suitors all there.
  — Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2023
• The Hard Pass: A hard pass redirects a suitor’s love and turns it into hate.
  — Evan Waite, The New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2024
• Fire up those dating apps, or get ready to approach a suitor in the wild.
  — Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 15 Aug. 2021
• Johnson wears a long, blue dress while her suitor sports a top hat.
  — Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country, 21 Apr. 2022
• Below are the odds on the top Rodgers suitors' chances of landing the 41-year-old former MVP.
  — William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
• The Jets seemed like the latest suitor for Suh, but that offer is now off the table.
  — Larry Holder, NOLA.com, 26 Mar. 2018
• If the app went back on sale, Microsoft could be a suitor.
  — Thomas Germain / Gizmodo, Quartz, 22 Mar. 2024
• The talks could still fall apart, and another suitor could emerge.
  — Lauren Thomas, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2023
• Portland and Salt Lake City would be among the likely suitors.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
• Will the two be allowed to wed, or will Ellen’s brothers, quarrelling over their father’s chair, bargain her off to other suitors to improve their chances?
  — Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
• The Australian combo guard still isn’t much of a three-point shooter, but his game-wrecking potential on defense should still earn him a hefty payday, whether from the Hawks or another free-agent suitor in 2026.
  — Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025