Examples of stage set in a Sentence
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Up next: a summer U.S. tour with his most elaborate stage set.
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David Browne, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024
This is a curious fact, since Iron Maiden’s 1984 album, Powerslave, famously featured Egyptian–inspired cover art and their stage set for the tour had a sphinx-like Eddie.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2024
Last week, the New York rock group shared a short clip filmed on what looked a lot like the famed SNL stage set, which even includes a winking nod to the show’s horn-heavy theme song.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 26 Feb. 2024
Onto a stage set up for the NFL rally, Kansas City’s modern gridiron warriors hoisted the spoils of their latest, historic battle: the sterling silver Vince Lombardi Trophy, now glinting in the sun.
—Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 15 Feb. 2024
Over the next 20 minutes, the two worked their way up to the Lower West Terrace and onto the inaugural stage set up for President Joe Biden’s upcoming inauguration, the statement said.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 1 Feb. 2024
The three-day event will take place on roughly 20 acres in and around First Ward Park in uptown Charlotte, with the main stage set on a parking lot along Ninth Street between Brevard and Caldwell streets.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 9 Feb. 2024
The weird thing about the stage set is Ringo’s [precarious] drum rostrum.
—Lucie Young, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2024
For all its aesthetic appeal, Tribe Caribe is, at its core, about facilitating these sometimes challenging, often joyful, always illuminating experiences in a city that is all too easily — and all too often — reduced to a romantic stage set.
—Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2023
David Browne, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024
This is a curious fact, since Iron Maiden’s 1984 album, Powerslave, famously featured Egyptian–inspired cover art and their stage set for the tour had a sphinx-like Eddie.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2024
Last week, the New York rock group shared a short clip filmed on what looked a lot like the famed SNL stage set, which even includes a winking nod to the show’s horn-heavy theme song.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 26 Feb. 2024
Onto a stage set up for the NFL rally, Kansas City’s modern gridiron warriors hoisted the spoils of their latest, historic battle: the sterling silver Vince Lombardi Trophy, now glinting in the sun.
—Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 15 Feb. 2024
Over the next 20 minutes, the two worked their way up to the Lower West Terrace and onto the inaugural stage set up for President Joe Biden’s upcoming inauguration, the statement said.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 1 Feb. 2024
The three-day event will take place on roughly 20 acres in and around First Ward Park in uptown Charlotte, with the main stage set on a parking lot along Ninth Street between Brevard and Caldwell streets.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 9 Feb. 2024
The weird thing about the stage set is Ringo’s [precarious] drum rostrum.
—Lucie Young, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2024
For all its aesthetic appeal, Tribe Caribe is, at its core, about facilitating these sometimes challenging, often joyful, always illuminating experiences in a city that is all too easily — and all too often — reduced to a romantic stage set.
—Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1861, in the meaning defined above
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“Stage set.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stage%20set. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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