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madonna

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for madonna.

Editorial note

Try lounging on the beach where Madonna stayed...the resort owners is nice and well, the beach spectacular.

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Quick take

A female given name from Italian.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of madonna gathered in one view.

noun

A female given name from Italian.

noun

A morally pure woman.

noun

A representation of the Virgin Mary.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for madonna.

Example sentences

1

Try lounging on the beach where Madonna stayed...the resort owners is nice and well, the beach spectacular.

2

All he did was blow up stuff, shoot people, kidnap the president, and make Madonna references.

3

Britney, Madonna and countless others have gotten lambasted at one time or another.

4

I remember creating a picture of Madonna from a poster on my wall that I thought was really great!

5

So is the person sitting next to PG a real prime madonna?

6

The two examples I typically gave back then were: Bill Gates is a college dropout and Madonna is a college dropout.

7

Teresa Teng and Faye Wong during their respective heydays are probably best compared with people like Madonna in the 80s/90s or Beyonce today (in terms of popularity, media attention, etc.).

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Both lacked much drive in presenting the Madonna track, and were certainly ‘mushy’ […] If the Kingston SSD stood apart from the disk drives for its mostly good yet quite alien character, drive four made itself known for entirely the wrong reasons.

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But it's one thing if some guy is trying to sell millions of digital copies of the latest Madonna video from some motel in Eastern Europe, but it's quite another if someone uses a few snips of songs in a video he's doing for YouTube!

10

I still remember every little detail about it - the super 1980s tv console, sitting on the tiled floor to play it, the Paula Abdul and Madonna posters on the wall, being amazed that I could press a button and Mario would respond instantly.

11

They made a lot of money selling copies of Rumours and Dark Side of the Moon to multiple generations of listeners, and they invested in branding juggernauts like Madonna and Michael Jackson that promised to sell albums for the next fifty years, and we all got used to the fact that one could pick up a copy of Rolling Stone and have difficulty figuring out which year it was from.

Quote examples

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The people that do, do it for commercial profit reaping the "scandal", like Madonna or MTV annual prices shows.

2

It's the same work Madonna does, and that's what she makes." Theoretically, what if you are exactly as good as a bank CEO?

3

The first example that came to my mind is Madonna who always seems to do something "stupid" and "crazy" every couple years that reminds people she exists and keeps her in the public eye.

4

Speaking of Madonna, I find that I sometimes identify with interviews given by older musicians, like an interview I read with David Gilmour where he tells the reporter something like, "please stop asking me about Roger Waters...

Proper noun examples

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The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Nirvana - the most successful pop acts have followed a formula of commercializing genre tropes.

2

What if you sing and dance and compose exactly like Madonna?

3

Our products are depended upon by musicians like Beyoncé, Danny Elfman, Michael Giacchino, Alan Menkin, Pat Metheny, Alexandre Desplat, Pete Townshend, Cirque du Soleil and Madonna.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use madonna in a sentence?

Try lounging on the beach where Madonna stayed...the resort owners is nice and well, the beach spectacular.

What does madonna mean?

A female given name from Italian.

What part of speech is madonna?

madonna is commonly used as noun.