stage set

noun

: scenery and properties designed and arranged for a particular scene in a play

Examples of stage set in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Elliott, who rarely gives big speeches, thanked everyone and then exited in grand fashion, walking into the spaceship that’s part of her astounding stage set. Shaheem Reid, Variety, 3 Aug. 2024 Beachgoers mid-day stood up and turned their attention to a stage set on the sand where San Clemente surfer Waylon Kenworthy, 13, played the national anthem on an electric guitar for the beach crowd, US Air Force jets doing a flyover above the ocean to thrill the crowds. Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 3 Aug. 2024 In France, history, that stage set for spectacle, is always at your heels, or beckoning you to come along. Lee Hockstader, Washington Post, 26 July 2024 Palermo is a stage set, a theatrical confusion of ornate façades and crumbling backstreets. Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for stage set 

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Word History

First Known Use

1861, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of stage set was in 1861

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“Stage set.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stage%20set. Accessed 17 Sep. 2024.

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