How to Use offstage in a Sentence

offstage

adverb or adjective

• Dylan and the band then took a bow, walked offstage, and walked back on so Dylan could introduce the musicians and make a rare address to the crowd.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2021
• After showing a few moves to the Zilker Park crowd and hugging the rapper, Cyrus quickly ran back offstage.
  — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2021
• He was supposed to do 15 minutes in front of Seinfeld, but went around a minute short and walked offstage but didn’t see Jerry.
  — Scott King, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2021
• In the meantime, as dancers take the stage as opulent flowers and full-bellied mice, Wedig-Johnston is ready just offstage – in her own costume of sorts.
  — Kathrine Nero, The Enquirer, 19 Dec. 2021
• Berrent walked offstage, and another speaker took the podium.
  — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2021
• Earlier this week, Lionel Richie walked offstage and saw his manager standing there with tears in his eyes.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 6 May 2022
• In 2011, actor Tom Green showed up at the ceremony with his own small red carpet and played the harmonica until he got kicked offstage.
  — Kelsey Ables, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Apr. 2022
• According to one social media user, lights within the venue came on and audience members were told to go home after Williams walked offstage toward the end of his set.
  — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 13 Mar. 2022
• In the report Lee and Sanders both said the incident began when Lee’s guitar was moved offstage by someone affiliated with Sanders.
  — al, 22 June 2021
• About two seconds later, a bottle whizzed by his head; Cudi dropped the microphone and walked offstage, just about 30 minutes into his set to the surprise of the thousands of fans at Hard Rock Stadium.
  — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 23 July 2022
• So if even one party bolts, Israel's government would be at serious risk of collapse, with Netanyahu waiting just offstage.
  — Laurie Kellman, USA TODAY, 28 June 2021
• After all, the fivesome literally had just walked offstage after performing for a huge audience at Jingle Ball.
  — Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, 19 Dec. 2016
• Under normal circumstances at a normal debate, candidates might chat offstage and forge some camaraderie, even with their rivals.
  — New York Times, 15 Feb. 2021
• Also playing a crucial role of a different kind was musician Justin Torrellas, who sat just offstage and was an asset throughout the performance, adroitly deploying his keyboard and accordion to punctuate, underscore, or dramatize the action.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2021
• By pulling together relativity and quantum mechanics, Hawking kindled a vision of a grand, unified theory—the perennial, perennially elusive quest of physics—waiting just offstage.
  — Samanth Subramanian, The New Republic, 6 Apr. 2021

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024