How to Use exposition in a Sentence

exposition

noun

• The subject requires some exposition.
• As in any good farce, the exposition takes less than half a page.
  — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 23 Nov. 2021
• That’s not for lack of exposition, spoon-fed to us in the later episodes.
  — Sophia Nguyen, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2021
• The hour had come to repose the Blessed Sacrament, to move it from exposition to rest.
  — New York Times, 26 June 2021
• For starters: sure, there's a lot less exposition in the film, but there's still way too much left over.
  — Simon Abrams, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Apr. 2018
• With the help of huge swathes of exposition, For Life rushes through its premise.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Feb. 2020
• In the first season of The Witcher, much of this is explained in chunks of exposition.
  — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Dec. 2021
• The list goes on and on, like an opening exposition crawl.
  — Vulture, 24 Sep. 2023
• Most of the rest are sad solos that are heavy on plot exposition but light on catchy melody.
  — Pam Kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com, 29 Mar. 2018
• As was the case in the first game, the exposition is mixed seamlessly with gameplay.
  — Benjamin Levin, CNN Underscored, 12 June 2020
• An 1891 flood forced the expositions to stop for nearly a decade.
  — Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 20 Sep. 2024
• There’s just not enough stuff to warrant a fourth film, and too much exposition to wrap up in two-and-a-half hours.
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2018
• In lieu of action, this episode saw a lot of exposition.
  — Julie Kosin, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 July 2017
• As the one to give much of the episode's exposition about the mythology of the yowie, Fern understood his role well.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2021
• The big challenge was to try not to crush the audience at the start with an insane amount of exposition.
  — Mark Olsen Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2021
• The opera has been trimmed to 90 minutes, with much of its recitative plot exposition trimmed out.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2021
• But the sled is so weighed down by exposition, not even magic reindeer can get it off the ground.
  — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
• There is no recap, and nothing in the way of exposition.
  — Matt Alt, The New Yorker, 18 June 2021
• The pacing of the show is tight, although some moments of exposition can lag.
  — Theodore P. Mahne, NOLA.com, 12 May 2018
• In premiering with two episodes rather than one, Disney+ gets most of the exposition and set-up out of the way quickly.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2023
• That scene wasn't about finding a glitzy way to do some exposition.
  — Angela Watercutter, Wired, 29 Jan. 2021
• The winner of the T-shirt, by a nose, is Zach Wissner-Gross for his clear exposition of problem 1.
  — Quanta Magazine, 29 June 2018
• Cut out or weave in the opening exposition and get straight to the exciting part.
  — Goldie Chan, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021
• Election Day is Tuesday, and the exposition center is one of the city's polling places.
  — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 2 Nov. 2020
• It's been half a year since the events of the first episode and exposition unfolds swiftly in the opening minutes of tonight's outing.
  — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 29 Aug. 2022
• The exposition opened in January 1915 and ran for two years.
  — U-T Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Oct. 2023
• The danger of getting bogged down in exposition was all too clear.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2022
• The script needs a whole lot of exposition, which is sorely lacking.
  — Michael Heaton, cleveland.com, 26 May 2017
• When police dialogue becomes too much about exposition, as murder mysteries tend to be guilty of, that is a trap.
  — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2024
• Short, punchy exchanges can create a sense of urgency or conflict, while longer monologues can slow things down for moments of reflection or exposition.
  — Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024