DEBUT in a Sentence

Learn DEBUT from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

16 example sentences for DEBUT, such as:

1. He made his Major League debut as shortstop.
2. She made her professional stage debut in Swan Lake.
3. Here, one should never make one's debut with a scandal.
4. Out of children's parties grow young girls' debut parties.
5. Their latest disc is a worthy successor to their popular debut album.

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 Meanings and Examples of DEBUT
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debut
 n.  beginning or first attempt; first appearance before the public
Classic Sentence:
1  Out of children's parties grow young girls' debut parties.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
2  The previous year she had made a dazzling debut fringed by a heavy thunder-cloud of bills.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 3
3  The light of the debut still lingered on the horizon, but the cloud had thickened; and suddenly it broke.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 3
4  Here, one should never make one's debut with a scandal.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 8
5  "It was my debut in life," she sighed.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 18
6  She had a debut after the Armistice, and in February she was presumably engaged to a man from New Orleans.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
7  He recognized her, guessed her feelings, saw that it was her debut, remembered her conversation at the window, and with an expression of pleasure on his face approached Countess Rostova.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER XVI
Example Sentence:
1  Paula is the only artist to achieve four number ones from a debut album.
2  Tiger Woods is determined to erase the memory of a disappointing Cup debut two years ago.
3  He made his Major League debut as shortstop.
4  Their latest disc is a worthy successor to their popular debut album.
5  She made her professional stage debut in Swan Lake.
6  The Euro made its debut in the financial markets three years ago and it has been an option for any non-cash transaction ever since.
7  Molly made her debut weighing 70kg and was walking around her enclosure within half an hour, said a zoo spokesperson.
8  The reporters are waiting for the debut of a new foreign policy in news hall.
9  In keeping with the claustrophobic small-town feel that Lee captured so vividly in her debut, Carter's office is located in the Monroeville town square.