How to Use greenroom in a Sentence

greenroom

noun
  • Kardashian West spilled the beans on Snapchat, in a series a videos filmed from the backstage greenroom and set.
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 24 Feb. 2018
  • As people streamed toward their seats, Schultz, Brown, and I chatted in the greenroom.
    Sarah Smarsh, Harper’s Magazine , 26 Oct. 2022
  • Veneziale was in a greenroom, wearing a suit and a fedora.
    Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2022
  • When the students returned to their greenroom, some of the evening’s other speakers were there.
    Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 4 June 2017
  • But Antonoff was already gone—back in his greenroom, mussing his hair, getting ready to take the stage.
    Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 16 May 2022
  • Or to stand in a hallway spraying Febreze after a client was caught smoking pot in the greenroom of a late-night talk show.
    Stephanie Clifford, Marie Claire, 20 Sep. 2019
  • But here’s the twist: Eileen Jones is no righty coveting a rotation spot in the Fox News greenroom.
    James Wolcott, The Hive, 19 June 2017
  • There are TVs in each greenroom for the guests to watch the entire show, which begins taping around 5 p.m., Martin says.
    Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 18 Jan. 2022
  • I'd been caught in a downpour and entered our office's greenroom soaked.
    Ross Kenneth Urken, Esquire, 26 July 2017
  • Andrews said as Baldwin burst through the greenroom doors, wearing a gray T-shirt.
    Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2017
  • Sitting in the greenroom of the pop-up shop that bears his name, Victor examines the racing gloves in his hands more closely.
    Dan Rys, Billboard, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Cut to: this slightly awkward photo of Buttigieg and Lizzo sitting in the greenroom.
    Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2019
  • Kansas City used its iconic Union Station for the greenroom.
    Jason Williams, The Enquirer, 4 May 2023
  • Now he’s settled in for an interview with The Envelope in a greenroom at 30 Rock with an icy-cold drink.
    Randee Dawn, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2022
  • Leif Garrett was asked not to return to the show after injuring himself in the greenroom.
    Ashley Spencer, Vulture, 28 June 2021
  • The conversations in the greenroom after the show are more relieved than euphoric.
    Longreads, 13 July 2018
  • Some tested out the comfy art deco chairs, while others admired the greenroom on site.
    Isiah Magsino, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2021
  • The real reward, however, is the time spent beforehand in the greenroom.
    John Brabender, WSJ, 30 May 2018
  • The greenroom crowd was then escorted to their seats, and we were ushered to the dark place behind the curtain—Tom Hanks, his assistant, and I.
    Ann Patchett, Harper's Magazine, 5 Jan. 2021
  • In a backstage greenroom, Vevers indulged in the preshow ritual he’s developed over the years: grooming and a cup of tea.
    New York Times, 15 Sep. 2021
  • The master bedroom upstairs will serve as a lounge where the kids will hang out on filming days, and one guest room will double as a greenroom whenever there are guests on the show.
    Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 7 Apr. 2020
  • Students and Rollins staff members came in droves to the campus greenroom starting Monday to gawk, giggle and hold their noses up at the putrid-smelling flower.
    Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Olivier Rousteing is sitting in a makeshift greenroom, talking with a group of business founders trying to reimagine the future of France.
    Nathan Heller, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2021
  • The terminal’s majestic atrium area could serve as the greenroom.
    Jason Williams, The Enquirer, 4 May 2023
  • At noon, Driver was clutching a cup of coffee in a greenroom at the Walter Reade Theatre, before a press conference.
    Richard Brod, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
  • Tacopina has been a greenroom regular for decades, and Trump has privately praised his TV appearances.
    Kara Voght, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2023
  • While the crowd gathered, Pastor Witt addressed his team in a greenroom cluttered with filing cabinets.
    Marcela Valdes, New York Times, 28 June 2023
  • Last year, in a greenroom with a few hours to kill before a Bleachers performance, Antonoff sat on a couch, fiddling with an orchestral remix of a Taylor Swift song on his laptop.
    Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 16 May 2022
  • And when the Target crew finally escaped the stuffy greenroom and faced their investors in person, the reception didn’t get any more sympathetic.
    Fortune, 20 Aug. 2019
  • Artists will have a larger greenroom and dressing rooms, and staff will have office spaces and an additional box office to complement the main one on campus.
    Abigail Lee, BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2023

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