How to Use open mic in a Sentence

open mic

noun

• An open mic will be held at 8:30 p.m. with five-minute time slots.
  — Joy Davis, Aurora Beacon-News, 12 Apr. 2018
• The featured writers will be preceded by an open mic session for prose and poetry.
  — Linda McIntosh, sandiegouniontribune.com, 12 Mar. 2018
• The friendship grew after Thompson invited him to perform at an open mic at a church.
  — Quoron Walker, Courant Community, 27 Mar. 2018
• Students shared their own narratives through raps, poetry and songs during the open mic portion of the event.
  — Jonece Starr Dunigan, AL.com, 22 Apr. 2018
• The event includes a writing workshop from a teaching artist, an open mic (open to any and all participants), all followed by a special feature.
  — Aurora Beacon-News, 13 Apr. 2018
• The event, free and open to the public, will feature a reading by Bruchac, award-winning student poets, and open mic participants.
  — Courant Community, 17 Apr. 2018
• This time, however, the national protest calls for participants to schedule open mics and demonstrate for the duration of the school day.
  — Eder Campuzano, OregonLive.com, 13 Mar. 2018
• Schinderle ended up at the open mic at the Boiler Room, where much of Portland's top talent got early mic time.
  — Mike Acker, OregonLive.com, 21 Mar. 2018
• Students are then encouraged to hold open mics, protests, rallies, meet with or write letters to their local lawmakers or other activism events throughout the day.
  — Anna Beahm, AL.com, 20 Apr. 2018
• Today, following college at Penn State, Verna is a pop and country artist who performs at local open mic nights.
  — Nick Vadala, Philly.com, 14 Mar. 2018
• Verna, who now lives in Pennsylvania, went on to attend Penn State and began performing at local open mics.
  — Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE.com, 23 Apr. 2018
• Students are encouraged to plan open mics, rallies, protests, voter registration drives, letter writing campaigns or other activism for the rest of the day.
  — Sarah Gray, Time, 18 Apr. 2018
• Never limiting himself to one group of people or certain types of venues, Hopkins was known to show up at open mics all over the city and loved networking and making connections.
  — J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2024
• What shot does the next kid who does it at an open mic have?
  — Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 6 May 2021
• That was my first time on the stage [other than] some open mics.
  — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 14 Nov. 2023
• Heaven has a hell of an open mic night goin' right about now.
  — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 21 Jan. 2022
• And this was an open mic with 20 people in the room, for zero pay.
  — Paul Farahvar, CNN, 11 Jan. 2022
• The program starts at 7 p.m. with an open mic for pieces no longer than one page.
  — Carole Goldberg, courant.com, 4 Dec. 2019
• From open mic nights, right through to my biggest shows.
  — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2022
• Don’t let anyone who hasn’t been tapped take the floor—this isn’t an open mic night.
  — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 17 May 2022
• Already, the church hosts movie screenings and open mic nights.
  — Chloe Peter, Twin Cities, 28 Dec. 2019
• The open mic nights are for performers ages 13 through 19.
  — Courant Community, 1 May 2018
• The first time one of his videos blew up, Hoy was at an open mic comedy show.
  — Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 30 Nov. 2022
• There will be music, open mic, spoken word and even a bonfire and s’mores at one of the stops.
  — Kathy Berdan, Twin Cities, 10 Oct. 2019
• Once a month, the fellowship hosts the open mic, where students can share their work.
  — cleveland, 29 Nov. 2019
• Wilco played a surprise set at an open mic night at a Dallas club.
  — Spin Staff, Spin, 2 Oct. 2023
• For writers who want to share their works-in-progress, a couple of open mic nights will take place on Zoom.
  — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 30 June 2020
• There will be an open mic at the gazebo, food trucks and local art and craft vendors.
  — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 17 Aug. 2021
• Sandler did his first stand-up at 17 at an open mic in Boston.
  — Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
• The coffee shop served as a community space for events like talent shows, youth involvement events and open mic nights.
  — Jessica Rodriguez, Journal Sentinel, 2 July 2024

Last Updated: 17 Sep 2024