go to the cinema

idiom

chiefly British
: to go to see a movie

Examples of go to the cinema in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web So, people would go to the cinema to see scale and to see something different. Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2023 The pandemic was bad in two ways; the obvious being people couldn’t go to the cinema at all for significant periods. Callum McLennan, Variety, 4 Nov. 2022 The public didn’t want to go to the cinema and had deserted Tunisian films. Liza Foreman, Variety, 16 Nov. 2022 Some go to the cinema to be moved dearly. Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 3 Mar. 2022 For years, debates raged on how to get young audiences to go to the cinema. Jamie Lang, Variety, 12 Feb. 2022 Of course, there are many reasons not to go to the cinema. Benny Har-Even, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2021 In addition to the reopening of much of the English hospitality sector, including pubs and restaurants, for the first time in more than three months, couples can tie the knot once again, though wedding guests are limited to 30, and film buffs can go to the cinema. Washington Post, 4 July 2020

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“Go to the cinema.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20to%20the%20cinema. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.

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