How to Use upstage in a Sentence

upstage

verb

• We don't want the flower girl upstaging the bride.
• My apple pie was upstaged by her chocolate cake.
• The egg came first, but the chicken would not be upstaged.
  — Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2023
• But as of the past year, the BBQ has been upstaged by the second-to-last weekend of June.
  — Detroit Free Press, 23 June 2019
• Trask will have a chance at the next level to upstage the Gators’ legendary trio.
  — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 2 Apr. 2021
• He was upstaged by the five large men crouched before him.
  — Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 27 Oct. 2019
• Its role is clear: Keep the scoop upright, don’t leak and don’t upstage the main player, the ice cream.
  — New York Times, 26 May 2022
• After decades of being upstaged by the lobes, the rest of the ear is ready for its glow-up moment.
  — Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2024
• Some suggest the host's celebrity shouldn't upstage the players and their race to win cash.
  — Lynette Rice, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2021
• Kennedy needed something to regain his stature on the world stage, and upstage Khrushchev.
  — Francis French, Smithsonian, 20 July 2019
• How do the Mavericks upstage all the above? By winning.
  — Dallas News, 28 Mar. 2022
• This prom-worthy pile of sequins will upstage every full-length gown in the room.
  — Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 22 Nov. 2022
• Leave it to the NBA to drop a little off-the-court news to upstage its most anticipated event.
  — oregonlive, 29 Sep. 2020
• But if there has been a feud, not upstaging Kate in the matter of tiaras could be one way Hanbury is trying to keep the peace.
  — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 6 June 2019
• The showroom dummies upstage the humans, but also stand in for them.
  — Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2021
• Hooded gowns could upstage sheer dresses as the hottest red-carpet trend in 2023.
  — Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 6 Dec. 2022
• Much of the propulsive energy of the first season came from the cousins’ efforts to upstage each other.
  — Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2023
• His ovation upstaged that for the man who was retiring.
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 29 Sep. 2019
• Only the world’s biggest movie star could upstage her own movie with each fearsome scowl.
  — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 15 Oct. 2019
• But soon after the scheduled start time for the Democrats’ rally, dozens of Trump supporters arrived with their chants and flags to upstage the event.
  — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2023
• Rapsody might be the only rapper ever to upstage Kendrick Lamar on his song.
  — cleveland, 8 June 2020
• Don’t upstage it, but turn to it to find colors to pull out for large, upholstered pieces and accessories.
  — Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com, 23 July 2021
• Witness a son try and upstage his father’s doomed legacy.
  — Keyaira Boone, Essence, 29 Nov. 2021
• Few soccer players on the planet are famous enough, skillful enough, and prickly enough to upstage the World Cup.
  — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 18 Nov. 2022
• As an adult, Franklin would upstage her older sister Erma, robbing her of her chance in the spotlight.
  — Neal Justin, Star Tribune, 19 Mar. 2021
• That trip was upstaged by the coverage of Trump’s indictment.
  — Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2023
• Remember when Tiger Woods nearly upstaged the Iron Bowl?
  — Ben Flanagan | [e-mail], al, 15 Nov. 2019
• While Kerman is the host and thus the star of the show, a recent young guest managed to completely upstage the artist on his own social media account.
  — Melissa Locker, Time, 22 Apr. 2020
• Not one of them upstages Shakira, who’s playful or raw as each moment demands.
  — Jon Pareles, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
• Their owners remain hidden underneath, dry and out of sight, upstaged by their vivid canopies.
  — Christian House, CNN, 22 Feb. 2024