How to Use audience in a Sentence

audience

noun
  • The audience clapped and cheered.
  • Her audience is made up mostly of young women.
  • The concert attracted a large audience.
  • Pellington has a hunch what audience members will think.
    Bill Pellington, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Her speech was wholesome and funny, and the audience loved every moment of it.
    Christopher Claxton, Billboard, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Rather, this is a season filled with shows that will have mega-appeal to slightly smaller segments of the audience.
    David Lyman, The Enquirer, 19 Jan. 2023
  • There’s a bit of a sag around the halfway point, as Baylin’s screenplay lets the audience get out ahead of the story developments.
    Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Scannell said the decision was informed by audience testing.
    Matt Pearcestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Any wider release of the film will rely on the audience to do so and the question of whether that is possible will likely dominate discussion.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Going forward, Anand asks the audience to expect the unexpected in the universe.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 31 Jan. 2023
  • So there was a lot of space in there, and there was a lot of time that was unaccounted for in terms of Terminator’s presence in the minds of the audience and the folks who love the franchise.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2023
  • In an exclusive promo for the new season, above, Shelton is featured in a montage of him telling the audience and contestants that this is his last turn in the chair — over and over again.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 30 Jan. 2023
  • My channel, created in partnership with Lionsgate, will deliver exactly what my audience loves to watch all in one place.
    Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 6 Dec. 2024
  • According to Kay, the event continues to grow since becoming an outdoor festival, allowing a bigger audience and more vendors.
    Arkansas Online, 30 Jan. 2023
  • His work addresses questions of who is depicted in Classical art, how historical stories are told, and for what audience the artwork is created.
    Brittanie Shey, Chron, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Fans in the audience screamed out the star’s last name.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The move is likely to broaden the audience for the event.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 7 Nov. 2023
  • In 1977, audiences watched the couple seem to fall in love live on the show.
    Sara Sidner, CNN, 19 Aug. 2024
  • The audience stretches back through the hall, past one of the two bathrooms and into the kitchen.
    Jackson Landers, SPIN, 8 June 2023
  • In Japan, everyone in the audience does the same thing.
    Billboard Japan, Billboard, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The way the echo affected how the audience took in his jokes.
    David Remnick, The New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2024
  • The audience gave a wild ovation, but the band demurred.
    Evan Minsker, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2023
  • In the audience was a kid named Ed who used to chase Taylor around the playground and try to beat him up.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2023
  • The audience always loves the sneak peeks for the biggest movies that are about to be released.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 4 May 2023
  • The show’s first reunion episode brought in the highest audience in over two years for the series.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Aug. 2024
  • When the band had run through eight or nine Killers songs, the audience applauded.
    Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • Collins will be the youngest prime time host in cable news, where the median age of the audience is over 64.
    Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
  • Lots of people miss the depths to which Southern artists go for their audiences.
    Taylor Alxndr, Them, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Kodzis pulled a bottle out of their jacket, took out a pill and swallowed it in front of the audience.
    Ariel Castillo, Dallas News, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The audience will see the finalists compete to see who earns a spot in the final five.
    Marianne Garvey, CNN, 2 May 2023

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