stage left
nounDefinition of stage left
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There are nine stages left before the finish in Paris. — Jason Gay, WSJ, "Tour de France Mountain Madness, and Me," 19 July 2018 With six stages left of this race which ends in Paris on Sunday, Team Sky is in an excellent position to achieve a 1-2 and to secure a sixth win in seven years. — Samuel Petrequin, The Seattle Times, "Brailsford blames French cycling culture for abuse of Sky," 23 July 2018 From stage left, like an unimaginably huge spoon, a dark matter halo passes through the inner galaxy, stirring the stars. — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, "Dark matter halos may leave twinkling wake in galaxies," 31 May 2018 Panic set in, then Michael Vollbracht entered stage left, taking me and the dress in hand. — Vogue, "Remembering Michael Vollbracht, A Designer Whose Vision Was Honed at the Movies," 12 June 2018 The Room | Fox’s revival of Tim Allen’s Last Man Standing, previously on ABC, has been hyped heavily but Allen’s appearance on stage left many baffled. — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, "Inside "New" Fox's Upfront: NFL Gets a Big Push, Tim Allen Falls Flat," 14 May 2018 The narrative of a young woman suffering intense emotional and physical abuse, with a dozen rational reasons to reserve the U-Haul and exit stage left—but more culturally salient reasons to stay—ain’t a novel one anymore. — Jerel Ezell, The Root, "Speaking Out Against Domestic Violence on Black Women Is No Longer Taboo, but Doing Something About It Is," 10 May 2018 Jayanta Banerjee on sitar, vocalist Vaibhav Mankad and tabla player Satyaprakash Mishra performed sitting up on a platform stage left, while pianist Carmen Staaf, bassist Tabari Lake and drummer Allison Miller accompanied at stage right. — Laura Bleiberg, latimes.com, "How do you link classical Indian dance to American tap? Four women show how," 23 Mar. 2018 Costume designer Mark Bridges eventually won the boat, riding it stage left to close out the night. — Jake Kring-schreifels, Esquire, "The Best, Worst, and Weirdest Moments of the 2018 Oscars," 5 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'stage left.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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