How to Use throw shade in a Sentence

throw shade

phrase

• Many fans expressed their excitement, while others did what the internet does best and threw shade.
  — Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 24 Sep. 2025
• Yet readers are meant to sympathize with the heroine at this moment, not with the woman who’s throwing shade.
  — Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
• Birk has made a career of rewriting history and throwing shade on cultural icons.
  — Charles Desmarais, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Oct. 2018
• To their credit, neither Caufield nor Hutson threw shade at Guerin or his staff.
  — Michael Russo, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2026
• The longtime manager’s post comes months after Wendy’s threw shade at Perry on social media.
  — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 8 Nov. 2025
• Not to throw shade, but Aries can be self-important, similarly to how Collins deals with his relationship to others.
  — Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 22 Nov. 2025
• Chris Noth is trying to downplay all the buzz over him throwing shade at his former costar Sarah Jessica Parker.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Jan. 2026
• Kayla Nicole is seemingly throwing shade at her ex Travis Kelce and his fiancée, Taylor Swift.
  — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Feb. 2026
• Her Jett is a champion, full of bluster, always throwing shade, like Caitlin Clark infused with the spirit of RuPaul.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 Feb. 2026
• Bitter's post went viral on social media, and Franklin responded to a question about throwing shade at his former employer by offering up a sweet treat at the ceremony.
  — Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
• Former college football coach turned analyst Nick Saban throws shade at former NFL head coach Pete Carroll.
  — Shane Shoemaker, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
• Former college football coach turned analyst Nick Saban throws shade at former NFL head coach Pete Carroll.
  — Andrew Hughes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
• Trump continued to throw shade at Swift in the following months, including using social media to celebrate the moment Swift was booed at the Super Bowl in February.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 26 Aug. 2025
• During their interview, Turbulence and Burrita shared stories, gossiped and threw shade at Mexican actors, newscasters and performers.
  — Francisco Tijerina, The Conversation, 24 July 2025
• Uchil is throwing shade at Activision’s Call Of Duty franchise, which released – and later took down – a skin of the celebrity in Modern Warfare II.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
• During the podcast’s segment, McCoy was defending Hurts despite playing one of his worst games of his career on Monday night, while also not throwing shade at head coach Nick Sirianni.
  — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 10 Dec. 2025
• She was hit with a $500 fine in July for throwing shade at the refs in a TikTok video, then again for $1,500 in early August for calling out the officials for being inconsistent in their foul calling.
  — Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
• Speaking to reporters on Thursday, the former Dallas Cowboys sack artist couldn't pass up an opportunity to throw shade at Green Bay's Week 1 opponent and new division rival, the Detroit Lions.
  — Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
• New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel seemed to inadvertently throw shade at Bill Belichick after the NFL legend flopped in his debut with North Carolina earlier this week.
  — Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
• In a December 2025 TikTok post from user Titofortheworld, shoppers threw shade at H-E-B for its lack of Mi Tienda locations across Texas despite its popularity in the Houston area.
  — Rhyma Castillo, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Jan. 2026