Citizen Kane
Americannoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
We have not really had a Citizen Kane of the digital age, but Musk might be it.
From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2022
Citizen Kane beats the Cute One: Orson Welles had a magnificent voice, and in 1982 he won the Grammy for best spoken word, documentary or drama recording for reading the sci-fi novel “Donovan’s Brain.”
From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2022
The Criterion Collection has announced plans to release a six-film slate of classics on 4K Blu-rays for the first time, including a rerelease of Orson Welles’ American epic Citizen Kane.
From The Verge • Aug. 11, 2021
Very few directors make a successful feature film debut under the age of 25, although Orson Welles made the classic Hollywood film Citizen Kane in 1941 at exactly that age.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2021
Citizen Kane was nominated for nine Academy Awards.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
