THEATRE in a Sentence

Learn THEATRE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

150 example sentences for THEATRE, such as:

1. The patient is on her way to theatre.
2. They gave me theatre tickets as a present.
3. The theatre has been left to stand/lie derelict.
4. A group of us are going to the theatre this evening.
5. The police were called to stop a fight outside the theatre.

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 Meanings and Examples of THEATRE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
theatre
 n.  effectiveness of dramatic performance
Classic Sentence: (107 in 8 pages)
1  He watched the visitors come down the steps from the house and pass into the theatre.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
2  Stewards in evening dress, old Belvedereans, loitered in groups about the entrance to the theatre and ushered in the visitors with ceremony.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
3  From the theatre opposite came the muffled noise of the audience and sudden brazen clashes of the soldiers' band.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
4  The light spread upwards from the glass roof making the theatre seem a festive ark, anchored among the hulks of houses, her frail cables of lanterns looping her to her moorings.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
5  A side door of the theatre opened suddenly and a shaft of light flew across the grass plots.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
6  He remained standing with his two companions at the end of the shed listening idly to their talk or to the bursts of applause in the theatre.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
7  The doors of the theatre were all open and the audience had emptied out.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
8  They passed into the anatomy theatre where Mr Dedalus, the porter aiding him, searched the desks for his initials.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
9  Stephen remained in the background, depressed more than ever by the darkness and silence of the theatre and by the air it wore of jaded and formal study.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
10  He hurried down the steps of the theatre so as to be as far away from the vision as he could be and, peering closely at his father's initials, hid his flushed face.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
11  He crossed the hall and took the corridor to the left which led to the physics theatre.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
12  He opened the door of the theatre and halted in the chilly grey light that struggled through the dusty windows.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
13  He took her to see The Bohemian Girl and she felt elated as she sat in an unaccustomed part of the theatre with him.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In EVELINE
14  He knew that people went there after the theatre to eat oysters and drink liqueurs; and he had heard that the waiters there spoke French and German.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In A LITTLE CLOUD
15  "Let us go to the theatre to-night," said Lord Henry.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2
Example Sentence: (43 in 3 pages)
16  A group of us are going to the theatre this evening.
17  The police were called to stop a fight outside the theatre.
18  He caught a glimpse of his former lover in the theatre last night.
19  Numerous Umbrian towns hold their own summer festivals of music, theatre, and dance.
20  Inside the theatre, they were giving a performance of Bizet's Carmen.
21  The theatre has been left to stand/lie derelict.
22  The article about the theatre gave us a few sidelights on the character of its owner.
23  The patient is on her way to theatre.
24  They gave me theatre tickets as a present.
25  He is probably the most reviled man in contemporary theatre.
26  Professor Pearson gave the inaugural lecture in the new lecture theatre.
27  She has shunned publicity since she retired from the theatre.
28  Six theatre companies have been selected to take part in this year's festival.
29  The money is to be used for one specific purpose: the building of the new theatre.
30  I once stage - managed a repertory theatre.