How to Use cold open in a Sentence

cold open

noun

• Harris filmed the show's cold open as a surprise move in her campaign schedule, briefly diverting from battleground states.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
• Saturday Night Live decided to pivot right wing in their first post-election cold open.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
• The series starts with a cold open featuring a guy bumping around in a dark, wet room of some sort.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 May 2024
• Based around the season’s cold open, the song harkens back to the timelessness of East Coast hip-hop and features Bumpy’s anthem.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 11 June 2023
• And this milestone was also addressed with this week’s cold open.
  — Katie Reul, Variety, 9 Apr. 2023
• The crowd appears unsure of how to react to this cold open, but loves Kenan’s appearance.
  — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 10 Dec. 2023
• In that episode’s cold open, a factual error that Matty made when talking about the TV show Matlock in the premiere will come back to haunt her.
  — Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 29 Sep. 2024
• The high of the hand Following a chilling cold open, the movie gets underway on Mia's mother's remembrance day.
  — Megan McCluskey, Time, 28 July 2023
• The latest lame cold opens from Studio 8H have little to say other than to make the same old Trump jokes with a slightly different cast than four years ago.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024
• This week’s cold open made a very strong case for this year’s women’s NCAA tournament completely eclipsing the men’s side (more on eclipses later).
  — Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2024
• Filmed in August 2012 — prior to much of the show’s ninth season — the episode would have aired as a regular episode of The Office, but would only have featured the familiar cast in its cold open.
  — John Russell, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2024
• Kelly Ripa just slithered into a Live cold open as chilly as the scales of a reptile, as the beloved talk show host kicked off Wednesday's episode with a stern warning to audience members.
  — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 10 July 2024
• But first, the show’s cold open took a break from politics and news to preview Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony.
  — Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2023
• Tonight’s cold open features this tantalizing glimpse of two-on-one awkwardness.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 12 Feb. 2024
• That brings us back to the show’s cold open, and maybe its trickiest element to navigate: Is John Blackthorne a white savior arrived to Japan to fix everything?
  — Jesse Raub, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2024
• Heading into this new season, Rudolph is cognizant of the fact that the stakes of the 2024 election — in which Trump is running against Harris — go far beyond cold opens and hit-or-miss comedy sketches.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2024
• Johansson showed up during yesterday’s cold open wearing a replica of Britt’s green blouse and cross necklace.
  — Esther Zuckerman, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2024
• Episodes begin with dramatic, Breaking Bad-style cold opens and end on cliffhangers but often drift sluggishly between the two.
  — Judy Berman, TIME, 10 July 2024
• This cold open immediately sets the scene for where Ahsoka appears to be headed.
  — Megan McCluskey, Time, 23 Aug. 2023
• Saturday marked the fifth consecutive week of Rudolph portraying Harris during the show’s cold opens.
  — William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2024
• For Your Approval’s scripted cold open, a common practice for filmed stand-up, is particularly telling.
  — Fran Hoepfner, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2024
• This week’s cold open eschewed White House politics or Trump court drama for a look at how parents are reacting to recent student protests at college campuses.
  — Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2024
• The variety show dispensed with its typical topical cold open for one that featured SNL castmembers sharing moments with their moms.
  — Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 May 2024
• When the series kicked off its 49th season in October, Pete Davidson toed the line between humor and sincerity while addressing the violence overseas during his episode’s cold open.
  — Shania Russell, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2024
• During this weekend’s cold open, cast members depicting Biden allies made exaggerated claims about his vigor, drawing laughs.
  — Shant Shahrigian, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024