dressing room
noun
: a room used chiefly for dressing
especially
: a room in a theater for changing costumes and makeup
Examples of dressing room in a Sentence
He waited in his dressing room until it was time for him to appear on stage.
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Paul Hollywood was presumably in his dressing room, putting on a crisp oxford shirt in a shade of blue meant to make his eyes pop—a vivid cerulean, a chilly Arctic sky, or, occasionally, a fuller, velvety navy just across the color wheel from his tan.
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Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
However, the feeling across the dressing room and other areas of the club is that something could still happen in the final two weeks of the summer window.
—Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
Bill Murray popped into my backstage dressing room.
—Tommy McArdle, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
The lads run up the dugout steps — their dressing room was the umpires’ locker — to a sonic blast on the level of Krakatoa, a scream unlike any noise anyone there has heard.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2025
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Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
However, the feeling across the dressing room and other areas of the club is that something could still happen in the final two weeks of the summer window.
—Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
Bill Murray popped into my backstage dressing room.
—Tommy McArdle, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
The lads run up the dugout steps — their dressing room was the umpires’ locker — to a sonic blast on the level of Krakatoa, a scream unlike any noise anyone there has heard.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dressing room
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“Dressing room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dressing%20room. Accessed 31 Aug. 2025.
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