Meaning of Madonna-like | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Resembling or characteristic of the Virgin Mary.
2. rare spelling of Madonna-like
   alt-of, rare
3. Resembling or characteristic of American singer-songwriter and actress Madonna (Madonna Louise Ciccone; born 1958).

Examples

“My compartment was full and included a young woman of Madonna-like face (Jesus’ mother, not the singer) and wistful eyes—a sorrowful, haunting, beauty.”

“Instead of letting her husky Madonna-like voice and the band’s accessible pop tunes carry the show, she [Louise Reny] worked the crowd like a Las Vegas comic, repeatedly asking fans to dance and clap.”

“Hester (“the Molester”) progresses from an exploited and exploiting child to a hippie folk singer to a Madonna-like pop singer who inverts the Virgin Mary imagery of the novel [A Prayer for Owen Meany] and who, like all the strong Wheelwright women, always behaves on her own terms.”

“By the year 2000 Britney [Spears] was undergoing a Madonna-like reinvention that began with a flesh-colored outfit for MTV that made her appear nearly nude, and a skin-tight red catsuit for her video Oops!…I Did it Again.”

“To the cynic for whom everything is about money and nothing about sincerity, [Bruce] Springsteen’s evolving styles might be confused as Madonna-like attempts calculated for commercial appeal—except Springsteen’s directions have almost always gone against the grain.”

“Typically Rolling Stone magazine’s feature asking “Who’s to Blame?” for “blocking progress on global warming” had the old stager Rupert Murdoch still sitting Madonna-like at Number One in its chart after all these years.”

“While [Mariah] Carey possessed the kind of Madonna-like exhibitionist confidence that would make Kate Smith blanch, the end results were pretty comparable.”

“Be Madonna-Like and Vogue […] I challenge you to channel your inner rock star—in this case, Madonna. One of the talents that Madonna (and performers of all types) master is to seize the stage with an air of confidence.”

“And there is a great deal to be said about [Anna] Netrebko and [Edita] Gruberová after the 2000s, including the deep sense of loss one feels when a figure like Gruberová prepares to leave the stage, and the curiosity – mixed with skepticism – that I personally feel about Netrebko’s new career phase, which on the one hand seems like a genuine maturing and on the other has aspects of a more self-conscious, Madonna-like reinvention.”

“Besides appearing on TV, Miley Cyrus records and tours as Hannah Montana and succeeds with Madonna-like tenacity.”

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