How to Use drag queen in a Sentence

drag queen

noun
  • On the karaoke stage, a drag queen lamented the shootings.
    Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Why is that still the aesthetic of a type of drag queen?
    Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Anyone with half a brain knows not to f–k with a drag queen.
    Kyle Denis, Billboard, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Despite the bomb threat at the Louisville event, the drag queen story time went ahead as planned.
    Will Carless, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2023
  • In June, Rossi booked one of her friends and idols, drag queen Peaches Christ.
    oregonlive, 3 Aug. 2022
  • She was supposed to perform in three hours, and the drag queen still wasn’t sure what to do.
    Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2022
  • And there was no such thing as a drag queen who’d never set foot in a drag bar.
    Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Why the sudden push in the house to ban drag queens from library story hours?
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 19 July 2023
  • There were moments that some of the moms were on all fours on their chairs and drag queens were spanking them.
    Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2023
  • There are the drag queen shows with children, and there's pushback on us for wanting to stop that.
    Elizabeth Heckman, Fox News, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Pro tip: Look for the portraits of queens in the decor selection, from Queen Charlotte to a drag queen.
    Katie Toussaint, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Now Toto is a full-time drag queen and DJ based in Chicago.
    Brian Owens, Scientific American, 18 Oct. 2023
  • While talking to the judges, Banks praised Shangela for her commitment to the doll look, which prompted the drag queen to pitch the host on the idea.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 Nov. 2022
  • There's at least one thing that does impress Shania Twain much — and that's drag queens!
    Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2023
  • In May 2022, an Indiana high school crowned a drag queen as prom king.
    Jay Valle, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The judge would be none other than her friend and drag queen Trixie Mattel.
    Stacy Lambe, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Zaldy remembers in the late 1980s there were still bars that didn’t allow drag queens at all.
    Elyssa Maxx Goodman, ELLE, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Guests took the buses into town and while en route were entertained by two drag queens.
    Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Then someone sent her a video of Sin Wai Kin, a drag queen who is a cisgendered woman.
    Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Arnold is a drag queen, and admittedly vain and self-absorbed.
    Terry Byrne, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Dec. 2022
  • After the sweet message, drag queen Mistress Isabelle Brooks thanked her for coming on the show.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The Queen, which revolves around a national drag queen contest.
    Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Now, watch a drag queen's daily routine unfold: Our bad!
    Anamaria Glavan, Allure, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Kelon describes his approach to humor as akin to drag queen Bianca Del Rio.
    Notifs, Vulture, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Uma Jewels, a drag queen based in Lexington, the state's second largest city, disagreed with Tichenor.
    Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 16 Feb. 2023
  • The country star gushed about the inspiration drag queens are with their fashion and beauty skills.
    Heather Hunter, Washington Examiner, 26 Feb. 2023
  • The reception that followed featured a performance by the drag queen Lena Lust.
    Sadiba Hasan, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2022
  • There is no pattern of harm caused by trans people or drag queen performances.
    Allison Hope, CNN, 31 Mar. 2023
  • So seeing a drag queen with a male dancer is going to be something powerful.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2022
  • And if the drag queens were coming in there and giving them that space, giving them excitement by telling a story, what’s the issue?
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2023

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