How to Use onstage in a Sentence

onstage

adverb or adjective

• Back in 1981, the band was still all the way on, at least onstage.
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2021
• The dream of so many fans is to see you back onstage with them.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2023
• And Kanye West came out with just a DJ and him onstage.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 7 July 2021
• What about the dance with all the rain falling onstage?
  — Vulture, 8 Feb. 2023
• Many of the scenes in the two-hour ballet feature 20 to 30 dancers onstage.
  — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2022
• Keke Palmer then joined him onstage as the song picked up the tempo.
  — Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 June 2024
• And by the end of it, a smiling and clapping Richie had even joined the group onstage.
  — Vulture, 21 Nov. 2022
• Kweli and Bey were joined onstage by Madlib for the hard-hitting tracks.
  — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 13 Nov. 2022
• Lee had urged fans to come onstage, and the 18-year-old guard was trying to hold them back.
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2023
• John told Lennon if the song ascended to the top of the charts, Lennon would have to join him onstage to sing it.
  — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
• Yet the prospect of Sphere’s visual splendor lured the group back onstage.
  — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024
• At the time, Jackson couldn't help the laugh that escaped him onstage.
  — Julia Moore, People.com, 11 Oct. 2024
• And that was a good thing until the variants came onstage.
  — NBC News, 18 Apr. 2021
• Cut to the next song, and Dickie sings onstage with his friend Fausto.
  — Hazlitt, 28 Feb. 2024
• Something that never seems to go out of style onstage is putting a man in a dress.
  — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 27 Mar. 2021
• And to see the fans jumping up onstage and having fun, that’s a real hoot.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2025
• Are you ever stunned to walk onstage at a football stadium and see the size of the crowd?
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 10 June 2023
• From the moment Monk and his band walked onstage, this wasn’t like any gig before.
  — David Kushner, Rolling Stone, 20 July 2025
• People think about the moments that are televised, the pictures onstage, and with the fans.
  — Reed Dunlea, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2022
• The rig wound up falling, and one of the stage lights hit Mayfield, who crumpled onstage.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2024
• Months later, when Trump returned to the scene of the crime, Musk went with him and spoke alongside him onstage.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
• Tull walked onstage and took the microphone from its stand.
  — Alyssa Lukpat New York Times, Star Tribune, 27 June 2021
• Then the actor walked onstage to join the cast and showrunner for the panel and got a standing ovation from the crowd.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2024
• The only sound onstage during this time was the ragged breath of the performers and the sound of the water lapping at the pool.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2022
• The Dare, who produced the raunchy dance track, was also onstage, making out with a dancer in a U.K. flag skirt.
  — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 3 Feb. 2025
• The funny thing for me is, a lot of my learning comes from being onstage.
  — Hank Shteamer, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2021
• So that's an extra layer that kind of helps onstage and off.
  — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 17 June 2022
• At a recent show in the UK, Parker appeared onstage with the band in a wheelchair.
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 30 Mar. 2022
• That said, there’s a lot of moving props around onstage between scenes.
  — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2023
• Bill Murray walks onstage with a bouquet of roses, and right, what Dave Gray was left with.
  — Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025