How to Use aficionado in a Sentence

aficionado

noun
  • The quality varies with the individual authors, but both history buffs and aficionados of literary criticism will find food for thought here.
    — Publishers Weekly, 8 Jan. 2001
  • The writers were aficionados of loss, the first blues artists.
    — The Week Staff, The Week, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Chillal is not the only long-nail aficionado to make the record books.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 13 July 2018
  • All were chosen with the keen eye of a true aficionado.
    — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2022
  • At the Home Plate Hot Dog stand, the bacon mac dog is a must for hot dog aficionados.
    — Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 19 Feb. 2024
  • That’s good news for french fry aficionados with smartphones, as long as the fries are fresh.
    — oregonlive, 10 July 2023
  • The fitness aficionado who loves to snack throughout the day.
    — SELF, 21 Sep. 2021
  • But as any any beauty aficionado will tell you, healthy skin makes for the best base.
    — Michella Oré, Glamour, 25 May 2021
  • Thanks to a video shared online, both art and dog aficionados could watch as the dog got his first glimpse of the portrait.
    — Melissa Locker, Time, 5 Feb. 2020
  • This sleek cigar holder and flask belongs in the toe of an aficionado who’s been very good this year.
    — Deborah Hornblow, courant.com, 15 Nov. 2019
  • The actress is a vintage car aficionado—and not just from afar.
    — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Apr. 2022
  • The question, then, is whether the Galaxy A8s is the canary in the coal mine for headphone jack aficionados.
    — Sam Byford, The Verge, 11 Dec. 2018
  • That is not the case here: Jane is a comics aficionado going back to childhood, and he’s worked on The Lycan for a decade.
    — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 26 July 2024
  • Despite this, the mantra from EV aficionados doesn’t change.
    — Neil Winton, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
  • If your dad is an aficionado of classic LPs, this is the perfect gift.
    — Thomas Hindle, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2022
  • While not all at-home chefs (or ice cream aficionados) care about color, some do.
    — Lindsay Tigar, Peoplemag, 1 June 2023
  • While well-known to sports-media aficionados, Williamson may not be the top name bandied about by the average sports fan.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Alan was a lifelong artist, jazz aficionado and avid fan of classic movies.
    — courant.com, 13 Aug. 2019
  • Burgess, a wine aficionado, would order the best bottles on the menu—a Château Pétrus ’82, say—which greatly impressed the staff.
    — Molly Ringwald, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Some hard-core fantasy football aficionados are aware of the gap between their game and the N.F.L., and have looked for ways to close it.
    — New York Times, 26 Aug. 2019
  • This buzzy tool works to promote lymphatic drainage and de-bloat the face, meaning the skin care aficionado will be over the moon for this one.
    — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 25 Sep. 2024
  • For Crown aficionados, this moment plays as a callback to the episode of Season 2 in which Margaret and Antony first meet.
    — Emma Dibdin, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Nov. 2019
  • On Lowe's The next time someone invites you over for a barbecue, tote this tool set along with you as a gift to the grill aficionado.
    — Belle Duchene, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Catching every minute of the action is a tall order, even for the most diehard Olympics aficionado.
    — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 24 July 2024
  • The car aficionado and star of Jay Leno's Garage was working on a steam engine underneath a car in his garage when the blaze broke out.
    — Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Tom Stoppard co-wrote the script and has such affection for Shakespeare that the film is chock-full of in-jokes for Bard aficionados.
    — Will Leitch, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
  • But Meghan isn't the only aficionado of staple footwear.
    — Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Though a fly aficionado, Mr. Balcombe doesn’t stint from examining the dark side of the species.
    — Howard Schneider, WSJ, 28 May 2021
  • As any celebrity beauty aficionado will tell you, Rihanna looks good in pretty much every hairstyle under the sun—and she's tried most of them too.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Sculptural Barware Barware has been a favorite of estate sale aficionados for a few years now, but Wright says that sculptural, unique pieces are having a true moment.
    — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 2 Mar. 2025

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