How to Use scene in a Sentence

scene

noun
  • Police are now at the scene.
  • The play's opening scene takes place in the courtyard.
  • The actor was nervous about his big scene.
  • And in the opening scene, in which rangers of the Night’s Watch find bodies in the snow?
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 2023
  • Instead of pulling over, the woman claimed to TMZ that Busey left the scene.
    Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Both men were found in the roadway, and died at the scene, police said.
    Martin Weil, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2023
  • All of which is to say: These scenes are not known for romance.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Steven Mills arrived at the crash scene and found an SUV in flames.
    Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Hayes was pronounced dead at the scene due to a head injury.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Williams fled after the shooting, and Choi died at the scene, the complaint said.
    Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 15 June 2023
  • The man died at the scene, and Palomo was taken to the hospital.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The suspect was injured and received care at the scene.
    Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Reed broke onto the literary scene in the 1960s in New York.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Police who were already staged around the parade rushed to the scene.
    Hyojung Kim, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Perez was struck at least twice, McManus said, and was declared dead at the scene.
    Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 26 June 2023
  • The shell casing was said to be consistent with those found at the scene of the Aug. 15 shooting.
    Tom Sissom, arkansasonline.com, 19 Nov. 2023
  • The final scene in the movie shows the doctor injecting the man's blood into a rat.
    Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 19 July 2023
  • But Megan’s actions and even the first half of her scene with Adam don’t make sense without that guilt.
    Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The suspect then stole her purse and valuables and is seen fleeing the scene on the surveillance footage.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2023
  • One of the most moving scenes is their denial of this contract to their own children.
    David Remnick, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2023
  • In the film’s closing scene, Eugenie asks Dodin if she’s been his wife first or his cook.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Dec. 2023
  • More likely, the person planted malware that does all the work behind the scenes.
    Kim Komando, Fox News, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Police launched a search of the area and the suspect was arrested near the scene shortly after the attack.
    Kate Brady, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2024
  • That zoo scene says so much about those tropes because [Damian] sees Bruce’s angle for the first time.
    Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Dec. 2023
  • And my intimacy scenes were a piece of cake compared to Jodie’s.
    Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Officers arrived at the scene at about 2:20 p.m. and saw Copas being helped out of the car by her boyfriend.
    Aaron Martinez, USA TODAY, 26 June 2023
  • The weekly column takes you behind the scenes and shines a spotlight on unique stories.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Deputies at the scene of a body discovered in a barrel in Malibu, Calif., on Monday.
    Dennis Romero, NBC News, 31 July 2023
  • Meredith asks before the scene shifts to a shot of the surgical interns getting ready for a new day.
    Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 29 Dec. 2023
  • The woman was unresponsive, and she was declared dead at the scene.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 19 Nov. 2023

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