How to Use onstage in a Sentence

onstage

adverb or adjective
  • The dream of so many fans is to see you back onstage with them.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2023
  • What about the dance with all the rain falling onstage?
    Vulture, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Keke Palmer then joined him onstage as the song picked up the tempo.
    Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 June 2024
  • And by the end of it, a smiling and clapping Richie had even joined the group onstage.
    Vulture, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Kweli and Bey were joined onstage by Madlib for the hard-hitting tracks.
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 13 Nov. 2022
  • Lee had urged fans to come onstage, and the 18-year-old guard was trying to hold them back.
    Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Yet the prospect of Sphere’s visual splendor lured the group back onstage.
    Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024
  • At the time, Jackson couldn't help the laugh that escaped him onstage.
    Julia Moore, People.com, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Cut to the next song, and Dickie sings onstage with his friend Fausto.
    Hazlitt, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Are you ever stunned to walk onstage at a football stadium and see the size of the crowd?
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 10 June 2023
  • The rig wound up falling, and one of the stage lights hit Mayfield, who crumpled onstage.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Then the actor walked onstage to join the cast and showrunner for the panel and got a standing ovation from the crowd.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The only sound onstage during this time was the ragged breath of the performers and the sound of the water lapping at the pool.
    Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2022
  • That said, there’s a lot of moving props around onstage between scenes.
    David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2023
  • Just before the young singer went onstage, Hope asked him what his real name was.
    Matt Schudel, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
  • On Friday, Mullen finally made it to the Sphere — not onstage but watching from a box seat in the crowd.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 3 Mar. 2024
  • Reed said Lain is fun and engaging in all aspects of life, whether onstage or on the beat.
    Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 May 2024
  • During the stage change, Fukuda and Kanade appeared onstage and explained the purpose of the event.
    Billboard Japan, Billboard, 8 Nov. 2023
  • West gets onstage, doesn’t rap, plays music that will come out on streaming, and still brings us to our feet.
    Jayson Buford, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Some diehards are busting down the doors to get back onstage, while others are more wary to return.
    Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Below the tweet is a clip of Biden onstage with John after the medal was presented.
    Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Thousands of fans did their best to help by trying to signal to the band onstage and then by singing the lyrics so those in the back of the crowd knew what songs were played.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 25 Oct. 2022
  • As a tribute to the 1974 Oscars streaker, John Cena walked onstage nude — sort of.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The 29-year-old country music star just shared a bunch of behind the scenes photos and videos of herself onstage.
    Korin Miller, Women's Health, 9 Mar. 2023
  • In the late afternoon, Harris came onstage in a light-blue suit, to loud applause.
    Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 10 July 2024
  • Landau and Cameron went onstage; Landau spoke first, then Cameron.
    Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Eddie Vedder and Post Malone joined forces — both onstage and off — for a good cause.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The musicals get to do their numbers onstage, but the plays have always been hard to bring into the telecast.
    Vulture, 12 June 2023
  • At the end of Sunday's service at the Village Church, Chandler was joined onstage by his wife and children.
    Maria Pasquini, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2022
  • At five minutes to broadcast—to the second—Oprah bursts from her greenroom, briskly crosses the dark of the wing, and walks onstage to greet and warm up her audience, seated in the round.
    Nathan Heller, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2024

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