How do you use Offstage in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like onstage or private, plus the exact meaning.
Offstage in a sentence
Offstage meaning
- Of or relating to that part of a stage not visible to the audience.
- Of or relating to the private life of a celebrity.
Using Offstage
- The main meaning on this page is: Of or relating to that part of a stage not visible to the audience. | Of or relating to the private life of a celebrity.
- Useful related words include: onstage, private, wing, backstage.
- In the example corpus, offstage often appears in combinations such as: offstage and, from offstage, offstage as.
Context around Offstage
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Offstage
- In this selection, "offstage" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, rushed, walks, involving, members, persona and noise stand out and add context to how "offstage" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include is rushed offstage during a and be stationed offstage with a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "offstage" sits close to words such as accrington, airfoil and airstrip, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with offstage
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
That was as true of their life offstage. (8 words)
Speakers’ names, sound effects and offstage noise are also shown. (10 words)
These women performed onstage with Stefani and acted as her entourage offstage. (12 words)
And after her death, which is when the majority of the action in true-crime stories takes place, she is offstage—only the looming specter of a snuffed-out smile—while the active characters play out the rest of the story. (41 words)
Offstage, his passions lie far outside the mainstream sensibility: he’s an obsessive and knowledgeable fine art collector with a rare, professional-level skill at the banjo and a lifelong, almost quaint, fascination with close-up magic. (37 words)
While little time in the film is spent on individual members of Winehouse’s band offstage, they remain an integral aspect of the film's recreations of her key performances. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
For pieces involving offstage members of the orchestra, sometimes a sub-conductor will be stationed offstage with a clear view of the principal conductor.
His offstage persona is fairly close to the stage one he favors — rumpled, excitable, mildly sardonic, casually authoritative.
In August, rapper 50 Cent threw a broken microphone offstage when it did not work which ended up hitting a concertgoer on the head.
In the original musical, there’s a joust, but it’s offstage and the audience never sees it.
Speakers’ names, sound effects and offstage noise are also shown.
That was as true of their life offstage.
These women performed onstage with Stefani and acted as her entourage offstage.
When he walked offstage, he met the young comedian Amy Schumer, who said to him, “I’m Amy.
And after her death, which is when the majority of the action in true-crime stories takes place, she is offstage—only the looming specter of a snuffed-out smile—while the active characters play out the rest of the story.
Donald Trump is rushed offstage during a rally on July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania.
He starts moving again when Obama briefly takes his arm and puts his hand on his back as the pair walks offstage.
Offstage, his passions lie far outside the mainstream sensibility: he’s an obsessive and knowledgeable fine art collector with a rare, professional-level skill at the banjo and a lifelong, almost quaint, fascination with close-up magic.
Offstage, Oasis did not have their problems to seek by this time, with - and not for the first or last time - relationships being strained between the feuding Gallagher brothers.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is rushed offstage during a rally on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania, after an assassination attempt.
Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump walks offstage after giving remarks at a rally at Greenbrier Farms on June 28, 2024 in Chesapeake, Virginia.
The former president later appreciated the Secret Service agents for their quick action following the gunfire, getting him offstage and to safety.
They’re as irreverent as interviewees as they are in concert and, as might be obvious, they use stage names offstage as well as on it.
While little time in the film is spent on individual members of Winehouse’s band offstage, they remain an integral aspect of the film's recreations of her key performances.
During her time off, Ms. Peck focused on offstage projects like acting (she appeared in episodes of “Ray Donovan” as well as in “Tiny Pretty Things,” a forthcoming Netflix show).
Horn himself said later that he fainted and Montecore was trying to help him by dragging him offstage, though animal experts disputed that possibility.
Common combinations with offstage
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- offstage and 7×
- from offstage 6×
- offstage as 5×
- offstage he 4×
- him offstage 4×
- offstage with 3×
- and offstage 3×
- offstage during 3×
- rushed offstage 2×
- walks offstage 2×