How to Use cameo in a Sentence

cameo

noun
  • He has a brief cameo in the film.
  • This isn't even the first time Meghan Markle has made a cameo on the brand's IG page.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Soul, Glaser and the iconic Gran Torino made brief cameos in the film.
    Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2024
  • And there’s not even the chance of a Taylor Swift cameo to distract you.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Obst made a cameo and received high praise from the host.
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
  • There was also a sudden push to the stage, phones out by many, when Tiller made a cameo.
    Journal Sentinel, 12 May 2023
  • The jokes and cameos come fast and furious, tongue hard in cheek and winks aplenty.
    Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 18 July 2023
  • The movie features many retro cameos like Pac-Man and Sonic and is one of the funnier movies on this list.
    Theara Coleman, The Week, 29 Aug. 2023
  • And then there’s that cameo, the one likely to elicit gasps from longtime fans.
    Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Look quick for a cameo from the late great Jimmy Buffett as a heckler!
    Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 13 Sep. 2023
  • And gray hair made a multitude of cameos — 14 to be exact.
    Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Walker captioned the post, explaining how the cameo came to be.
    Angelique Jackson, Variety, 11 May 2023
  • She was pulled into the jet stream of talks and NPR cameos and consulting projects.
    Noam Scheiber, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2023
  • The cast is stacked, from those with substantial roles to those who only make a cameo.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • But Jackson wasn't the only singer to shock the crowd: Sia made a special cameo to perform as the show came to a close.
    Anika Reed usa Today, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Most of the cast shot scenes in England for the episodes, which included a cameo from Richard Branson.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2024
  • But Henderson isn’t the only person with ties to the city of Portland who makes a cameo in the film.
    oregonlive, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Halfway through, the superstar rapper made a cameo from a large-sized pink cake in the middle of the stage.
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Nelson’s wife Annie also makes a quick cameo in the video.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Their newsprint cameo upped the ante; the shakedowns intensified.
    Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 5 June 2023
  • The Cher cameo was a milestone for a show that had an uncertain fate from the beginning.
    Marianne Garvey, CNN, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Little did the audience know, Swift would make her own cameo in the episode later on.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 14 Oct. 2023
  • Ben also had a cameo on The King of Queens, playing his father during flashbacks of the show.
    Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 21 Jan. 2024
  • This isn't the first time that Orla made a cameo in one of Princess Charlotte's birthday portraits.
    Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 2 May 2023
  • One of the game’s top prospects, Junior Caminero, needs more time at Triple-A after making a cameo with the big club at the end of last season.
    Tom Layberger, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The band also made a cameo in her 2006 film Marie Antoinette as a lute-playing quartet.
    Emily Blackwood, Peoplemag, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Stamos made a surprise cameo on the NBC sitcom in 2003 during the show’s ninth season.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Nicolas Cage is scratching his head over the final cut of his cameo as Superman in The Flash.
    Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Season Three finds various ways to give Rudd more than just that brief cameo.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Brendan Fraser Though not strictly a cameo, the actor doesn’t appear till late in the film.
    Rob Ledonne, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2023

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