How to Use scene in a Sentence

scene

noun
  • Police are now at the scene.
  • The play's opening scene takes place in the courtyard.
  • The actor was nervous about his big scene.
  • The first scene of the new movie Splitsville starts with a hand job and ends with a car crash.
    Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2025
  • And in the opening scene, in which rangers of the Night’s Watch find bodies in the snow?
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 2023
  • Three of them died at the scene, and the fourth died at the hospital.
    Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The man was pronounced dead at the scene, the statement said.
    Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Apr. 2023
  • The most painful scene of the episode belongs to Penelope and Eloise.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 26 Mar. 2022
  • The food fight scene in the Whistle Stop kitchen was achieved in one take.
    Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 12 July 2022
  • Instead of pulling over, the woman claimed to TMZ that Busey left the scene.
    Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Both men were found in the roadway, and died at the scene, police said.
    Martin Weil, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Police also found Telles' DNA at the scene of the crime.
    Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 8 Sep. 2022
  • All of which is to say: These scenes are not known for romance.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Tempe is one of ASU's buzziest bars, in part for its place in the nightlife scene.
    Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 30 Dec. 2024
  • The department plans to stay at the scene overnight and asked people to avoid the area.
    Fox News, 28 Aug. 2022
  • Steven Mills arrived at the crash scene and found an SUV in flames.
    Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Hayes was pronounced dead at the scene due to a head injury.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Cho says reading that scene for the first time felt like a gut punch.
    Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 July 2022
  • And buzz is high on Janelle Monáe in a scene-stealing turn.
    Shalini Dore, Variety, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Langenkamp was run over by the truck and was pronounced dead at the scene.
    Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2022
  • The Red Cross was brought to the scene to assist those impacted by the blaze.
    Cheryl Higley, cleveland, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Adria had earned the right to be the one determining the climate of the scene.
    Daniel D'addario, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025
  • The scene outside in the Beer Garden near the Deer District.
    Christopher Kuhagen, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 May 2022
  • Williams fled after the shooting, and Choi died at the scene, the complaint said.
    Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 15 June 2023
  • Anthony and Jen were two of the kids in the opening scene.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Two were dead at the scene, and one died at a hospital.
    Chron, 28 Aug. 2022
  • The man died at the scene, and Palomo was taken to the hospital.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2023
  • In the film’s closing scene, Ra and a group of teenagers fly off in his spaceship.
    Ekow Eshun july 11, Literary Hub, 11 July 2025
  • The state also removed a rainbow crosswalk outside of Orlando’s Pulse nightclub, which was the scene of one of the deadliest mass shootings in the country’s history.
    Carter Weinhofer, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2025
  • But Task also delivers on the action front, just like Mare did, with nail-bitingly tense scenes that slowly ratchet up the tension to suffocating levels.
    Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 28 Aug. 2025

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