How to Use final girl in a Sentence

final girl

noun
  • But this scream queen is far from a final girl.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 17 May 2026
  • Grady Hendrix answers the question of what happens to the final girl after the credits roll.
    — Alaina Urquhart, PEOPLE, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Thrillers usually end with a final girl, but Riley Sager's journey began with one.
    — Felecia Wellington Radel, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The sequel Kris falls asleep to ends with a bloodied final girl refusing a cop’s reassurance that the killer is gone.
    — Jp Mangalindan, Time, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Billy played the final girl in the 1983 original film, then disappeared.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Before Widow’s Bay, Kate O’Flynn had never heard of a final girl.
    — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 29 June 2026
  • Our protagonist is Sabrina Alvarez, a young actor cast as Quinn Maybrook, the final girl from the first three novels.
    — Adam Cesare, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026
  • While mulling over ideas, Kris decides to visit the franchise’s original final girl, the reclusive Billie (played mesmerizingly by Gillian Anderson, complete with a southern accent).
    — Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026

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