How do you use Rehearse in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like practise or practice, plus the exact meaning.
Rehearse meaning
- To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite.
- To narrate; to relate; to tell; to recount.
- To practise by recitation or repetition in private for experiment and improvement, prior to a public representation, especially in theater.
Using Rehearse
- The main meaning on this page is: To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite. | To narrate; to relate; to tell; to recount. | To practise by recitation or repetition in private for experiment and improvement, prior to a public representation, especially in theater.
- Useful related words include: practise, practice, perform, execute.
- In the example corpus, rehearse often appears in combinations such as: to rehearse, rehearse for, rehearse the.
Context around Rehearse
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 7 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Rehearse
- In this selection, "rehearse" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, actors, prepare, fischer, plan, mahler and perform stand out and add context to how "rehearse" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include actors rehearse a scene and as they rehearse perform and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "rehearse" sits close to words such as andes, anglia and antelope, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with rehearse
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It took months to rehearse. (5 words)
One of the producers requested that they rehearse “You Can Have Him Jolene” one more time. (16 words)
Students rehearse at Franklin Regional Senior High School for the spring musical, "Grease," on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. (18 words)
In that sense, so much of the behind-the-scenes action Story of The Wiggles showcases feels similar to any survey of a major musical group as they rehearse, perform, and travel to the next gig. (36 words)
In May this year I watched the same orchestra, under its 72-year-old founder and conductor Iván Fischer, rehearse Mahler’s Ninth for a performance later that evening in London’s Royal Festival Hall. (35 words)
In her Cannes speech, Dizdar said that she didn’t need to rehearse for the teacher’s role because she has known how such women feel “by heart since the day I was born”. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Actors rehearse a scene from Beauty and the Beast JR., which debuts at Biddeford Middle School Performing Arts Center on March 24 for a two night run.
Actors will have the opportunity to rehearse and receive feedback on their work, prepare auditions, and develop solo material.
Although he hadn’t had the chance to rehearse, we could almost see his process as he read the words on the page, interpreted them, and, an instant later, presented them to us.
Cabaret is banned, but there are those who continue to rehearse in secret locations, ready for the time when they can come into the light and play to an audience once more.
His enthusiasm for music left all headteachers delighted that around 300 pupils across the associated school group were able to prepare, rehearse, plan and perform at this year’s festival.
In her Cannes speech, Dizdar said that she didn’t need to rehearse for the teacher’s role because she has known how such women feel “by heart since the day I was born”.
In May this year I watched the same orchestra, under its 72-year-old founder and conductor Iván Fischer, rehearse Mahler’s Ninth for a performance later that evening in London’s Royal Festival Hall.
In that sense, so much of the behind-the-scenes action Story of The Wiggles showcases feels similar to any survey of a major musical group as they rehearse, perform, and travel to the next gig.
It is nearly 50 years to the day that Muti first stood before the CSO to conduct “Pictures from an Exhibition,” and he is back in Orchestra Hall to rehearse the suite again.
It took months to rehearse.
One of the producers requested that they rehearse “You Can Have Him Jolene” one more time.
Sheila Popplewell and Jerry Maguire rehearse a scene of “Over the River,” a community theater production that hits the Brown County Playhouse Stage this weekend.
Students rehearse at Franklin Regional Senior High School for the spring musical, "Grease," on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023.
The actress finished as runner up in last year’s edition of the BBC dancing competition and has been helping EastEnders co-star Bobby rehearse ahead of his debut on the show.
Their parents let them rehearse one night per week, when they had to end by nine, but didn’t put any limits on weekends.
They meet regularly to rehearse – the day after we talk that will be in Hamburg, then they’ll follow with 12 concerts in Germany and Switzerland.
This exercise is the perfect opportunity to rehearse that with the 1st ROK Marine Division," said U.S. Marine Maj. Gen. Benjamin T. Watson, commanding general, 1st Marine Division.
Trees would be razed to build a shooting range, a "mock village" to rehearse raids and a driving course to practice chases.
We watch Robert rehearse it and flub it until, in the play’s last beat, he nails it.
As he watched the student actors rehearse the same scene again and again to get it just perfect, St Pierre urged the community to come see the show.
Common combinations with rehearse
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to rehearse 44×
- rehearse for 9×
- rehearse the 9×
- rehearse in 8×
- and rehearse 8×
- rehearse and 7×
- they rehearse 6×
- rehearse their 6×
- rehearse with 5×
- rehearse it 4×