How to Use four-star in a Sentence

four-star

adjective
  • Mitchell is just the third four-star high school recruit signed by the Aztecs in the past decade.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Munger was a four-star recruit in the 2013 class out of Cleveland.
    — Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Mitchell was a consensus four-star prospect in the 2019 class.
    — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 26 June 2023
  • Miller, a four-star prospect, is the son of rapper Master P. Miller.
    — Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Led by four-star Baylor commit Tounde Yessoufou, the Knights are 20-1 and are one of the top teams in the country.
    — Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The four-star prospect was UCLA’s top running back target.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 23 May 2024
  • How nice: That’s exactly where the Utes want the four-star recruit, too.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025
  • The act was the competition’s first to nab a perfect four-star score.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Those are our senior, four-star leaders in all of the Armed Services.
    — Jeff Truesdell, People.com, 1 Feb. 2025
  • When Antics was first released in 2004, Rolling Stone gave the record a four-star review.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Kelly’s not the only four-star general to sound the alarm.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Former four-star tight end Jackson Bowers joined the team this fall.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Schuster was considered a four-star prospect by 247Sports while in high school.
    — Ndaschel, oregonlive, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Six 2026 prospects have committed to USC during the past month, with four of them four-star recruits.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Cavazos went on to serve over three decades in the military, rising to the rank of four-star general.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Still, Brohm has seen potential in the former four-star recruit this spring.
    — Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Eight four-star prospects were in the three recruiting classes signed under Malzahn.
    — Matt Murschel, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Here is a list of four-star players who could be moved this coming offseason.
    — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 8 Feb. 2025
  • The 19-year-old forward was a four-star recruit coming out of high school outside of Miami, and chose to stay close to home to play for the Knights.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 12 May 2023
  • Dawson had just two catches for 30 yards at Auburn last season but was a four-star recruit out of high school.
    — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 1 May 2023
  • Speedster regarded as a four-star prospect by 247 Sports.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2023
  • In Rio, there were four-star properties with rates as low as $60 per night, for example.
    — Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Tuesday marked the four-star recruit’s first start at the collegiate level.
    — Jaden Lewis, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Twenty-five days later, Toney, a four-star prospect, committed to the Hurricanes again and stuck with it.
    — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Serving simple favorites while camping gets you four-star cred – the atmosphere and the post-hiking hunger do the rest.
    — Cindy Dampier, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The historic four-star hotel is located directly on the shores of Lake Zell and is the epicenter of town.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The Tahoe destinations on the list received four-star ratings.
    — Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 19 Feb. 2024
  • College offers poured in from across the country, but the four-star recruit elected to stay in state and play at North Carolina.
    — Nicky Wolcott, Charlotte Observer, 26 July 2024
  • Even after the four-star generals quit the cabinet, insecure clowns are the ones who will kill us all.
    — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2024
  • The Miami Edison High alum was a four-star prospect who had offers from nearly three dozen programs in high school.
    — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2025

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