How do you use Onstage in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like offstage, plus the exact meaning.
Onstage in a sentence
Onstage meaning
On the part of a stage that is visible to the audience.
Synonyms of Onstage
Using Onstage
- The main meaning on this page is: On the part of a stage that is visible to the audience.
- Useful related words include: offstage.
- In the example corpus, onstage often appears in combinations such as: onstage at, onstage during, onstage with.
Context around Onstage
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 11 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Onstage
- In this selection, "onstage" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, appeared, brought, answer, practices, appearance and completely stand out and add context to how "onstage" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include against an onstage speaker sending and an answer onstage with the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "onstage" sits close to words such as admired, canterbury and dough, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with onstage
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Bernhard, left, onstage with Madonna at a 1989 benefit. (9 words)
Siegfried requires one onstage cor anglais and one onstage horn. (10 words)
And I save a lot of that energy for being onstage and I dial it up. (16 words)
After Rock made a joke about the appearance of Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith (her hair in particular; Jada suffers from a hair loss condition called Alopecia), Smith slapped him onstage and on live television. (36 words)
Myers also noted that onstage practices are frequently interrupted with technical difficulties, and that sets with designs larger than six feet must be built out onstage because they don’t fit in backstage entryways. (34 words)
At a July event in Las Vegas, at least three Texas sheriffs appeared onstage with Mack to promote a new partnership with True the Vote, a Houston-based organization that peddles election conspiracies. (33 words)
At a Wyclef Jean concert we checked out the tour bus and we were called onstage! (16 words)
Example sentences (20)
Myers also noted that onstage practices are frequently interrupted with technical difficulties, and that sets with designs larger than six feet must be built out onstage because they don’t fit in backstage entryways.
On Tuesday, Hannity was back on Twitter denying that his onstage appearance in any way contradicted his earlier statement that he would not be onstage — because it was unplanned.
She had great chemistry with MistaDC, who she brought onstage for their slow and sexy song “Garden,” and shone even when onstage completely alone with just a looper and moody lighting.
In addition, the original version calls for 3 onstage trumpets and 4 onstage Wagner tubas (2 tenor and 2 bass).
Often the music would intentionally be unsuited for the onstage action, preventing the audience from getting carried away by the onstage emotion.
Siegfried requires one onstage cor anglais and one onstage horn.
About a year after that, she felt ready to offer an answer: Onstage, with the abyss as co-star.
After Rock made a joke about the appearance of Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith (her hair in particular; Jada suffers from a hair loss condition called Alopecia), Smith slapped him onstage and on live television.
After sharing verses on the next song, the tender "Easy to Love," Byrne and Real shared an onstage kiss that was perhaps the night's most evocative display of queer resistance.
A man named posed as a journalist to sneak backstage at the Oscars and then streaked onstage while flashing a peace sign to the crowd.
And I save a lot of that energy for being onstage and I dial it up.
Animals onstage are notoriously difficult, and I imagined that 717 performances on Broadway plus hundreds more on the show’s various tours must have been stressful for the animal.
Aside from sharing a certain affinity for weed, Nelson has plenty of experience collaborating with rock acts, both in the studio and onstage.
Asked at Wednesday’s Republican debate whether they would support Mr. Trump as their candidate even if he is convicted, all but two of the eight candidates onstage raised their hand.
At a July event in Las Vegas, at least three Texas sheriffs appeared onstage with Mack to promote a new partnership with True the Vote, a Houston-based organization that peddles election conspiracies.
At a Wyclef Jean concert we checked out the tour bus and we were called onstage!
A year later, at another Philadelphia show, someone threw a bottle that shattered against an onstage speaker, sending glass shards into Tyler's face and mouth.
Bernhard, left, onstage with Madonna at a 1989 benefit.
Blue, notably, appeared onstage with her mom during her performances of “My Power” and “Black Parade,” dancing alongside other talented performers.
Both Usher and Chris Brown hopped onstage at the Lovers & Friends Music Festival on Saturday (May 6) as details continued to emerge about an alleged altercation they had.
Common combinations with onstage
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- onstage at 22×
- onstage during 21×
- onstage with 14×
- onstage and 10×
- onstage to 9×
- speaks onstage 9×
- onstage for 8×
- onstage in 8×
- performs onstage 8×
- the onstage 7×