STAGE in a Sentence

Learn STAGE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
359 example sentences for STAGE, such as:
1. Nothing whatever appeared on the stage.
2. The trees barred the stage like pillars.
3. Nothing whatsoever appeared on the stage.
4. The terrace, rising, made a natural stage.
5. Reason held the centre of the stage alone.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of STAGE
stage
 n.  a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
 v.  perform (a play), especially on a stage
Classic Sentence: (190 in 13 pages)
1  If it rained, the actors were to act in the Barn; planks had been laid together at one end to form a stage.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
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2  All stage properties, she commanded, must be moved from the Barn to the bushes.
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3  The terrace, rising, made a natural stage.
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4  The trees barred the stage like pillars.
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5  Yet the stage was empty; only the cows moved in the meadows; only the tick of the gramophone needle was heard.
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6  Nothing whatsoever appeared on the stage.
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Context  Highlight   In Unit 6
7  The stage was empty; the actors were still dressing up among the bushes.
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Context  Highlight   In Unit 9
8  Reason held the centre of the stage alone.
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9  For the stage was empty; the emotion must be continued; the only thing to continue the emotion was the song; and the words were inaudible.
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10  A great box, draped in red baize festooned with heavy gold tassels had been moved into the middle of the stage.
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11  The gramophone warbled Home, Sweet Home, and Budge, swaying slightly, descended from his box and followed the procession off the stage.
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12  Nothing whatever appeared on the stage.
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13  There they sat, facing the empty stage, the cows, the meadows and the view, while the machine ticked in the bushes.
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Context  Highlight   In Unit 11
14  But nothing whatsoever appeared on the stage.
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Context  Highlight   In Unit 11
15  The play was over; swallows skimmed the grass that had been the stage.
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Example Sentence: (169 in 12 pages)
1  They didn't admit they were defeated; they began to recruit and attempted to stage a comeback.
2  Family problems in childhood can set the stage for stress in adult life.
3  She stood alone on stage in the spotlight.
4  Although she made intermittent movie appearances, she was essentially a stage actress.
5  You should read this article at some stage.
6  Her daughter is an artist and her son is on the stage.
7  Don't worry about the baby not wanting to leave you-it's a stage they all go through.
8  Bank staff are to stage a series of lightning strikes in a dispute over staffing.
9  The next stage of the trip is about one hundred miles.
10  It was the first show to use the F-word and show nudity on stage.
11  My view of the stage was blocked by the big hat of the woman sitting in front of me.
12  The pillar obstructed our view of the stage.
13  The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.
14  The stage swayed alarmingly under their weight.
15  But the rock-star whose stage antics used to include smashing guitars is older and wiser now.