How to Use exposition in a Sentence

exposition

noun

• The subject requires some exposition.
• As in any good farce, the exposition takes less than half a page.
  — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 23 Nov. 2021
• Most of the rest are sad solos that are heavy on plot exposition but light on catchy melody.
  — Pam Kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com, 29 Mar. 2018
• The list goes on and on, like an opening exposition crawl.
  — Vulture, 24 Sep. 2023
• In lieu of action, this episode saw a lot of exposition.
  — Julie Kosin, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 July 2017
• As was the case in the first game, the exposition is mixed seamlessly with gameplay.
  — Benjamin Levin, CNN Underscored, 12 June 2020
• The big challenge was to try not to crush the audience at the start with an insane amount of exposition.
  — Mark Olsen Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2021
• Cut out or weave in the opening exposition and get straight to the exciting part.
  — Goldie Chan, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021
• That’s not for lack of exposition, spoon-fed to us in the later episodes.
  — Sophia Nguyen, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2021
• There is no recap, and nothing in the way of exposition.
  — Matt Alt, The New Yorker, 18 June 2021
• That scene wasn't about finding a glitzy way to do some exposition.
  — Angela Watercutter, Wired, 29 Jan. 2021
• The pacing of the show is tight, although some moments of exposition can lag.
  — Theodore P. Mahne, NOLA.com, 12 May 2018
• The script needs a whole lot of exposition, which is sorely lacking.
  — Michael Heaton, cleveland.com, 26 May 2017
• The danger of getting bogged down in exposition was all too clear.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2022
• There’s a lot of exposition that still has to be presented.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2023
• The problem here is that the show constantly gets bogged down in exposition and filler.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 27 Apr. 2021
• But first, there’s a truckload of exposition to get through.
  — Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2022
• All the history is there instead of being told to you in exposition.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Sep. 2022
• The show is filled with exposition and clunky dialogue.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2022
• The hour had come to repose the Blessed Sacrament, to move it from exposition to rest.
  — New York Times, 26 June 2021
• With the help of huge swathes of exposition, For Life rushes through its premise.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Feb. 2020
• That’s a lot of exposition for a guy who isn’t going to live another week.
  — David Segal, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2020
• For starters: sure, there's a lot less exposition in the film, but there's still way too much left over.
  — Simon Abrams, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Apr. 2018
• The first episode had too many exposition dumps, too many teen cliches and too much contrived drama.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 9 Oct. 2020
• These untidy ends are more provocative than the moments of exposition.
  — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2023
• This was a vital insight, but the economic exposition of it is not hard.
  — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 11 Mar. 2017
• The crimes themselves are sketched in exposition; for years, women in the colony had awakened dazed and bloodied in their beds.
  — Amanda Hess, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2022
• This host was a new character, and therefore could have been a random face to help with exposition.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 2 Aug. 2019
• Longer cuts released later fix some of the problems in exposition and structure.
  — Samuel Goldman, The Week, 16 Sep. 2021
• There are these expositions in your youth that open you up to this idea of, like, this is what my vocation is going to be.
  — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024