How to Use showtime in a Sentence

showtime

noun

• Showtime is in five minutes.
• We have five minutes until showtime.
• Find showtimes near you at http://www.fathomevents.com.
  — Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 June 2018
• Leading all the way up to showtime, the two-hour pre-show will begin at 6:00 p.m. EST.
  — Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 24 Nov. 2019
• And sure enough, even on the last show, about four hours to showtime I get hit with the pre-show butterflies.
  — Conrad Sewell, Seventeen, 6 May 2015
• On the movie detail page, users will be able to look up showtimes and buy tickets.
  — Dami Lee, The Verge, 14 Aug. 2019
• Groups of 10 to 20 friends (dressed in pink, of course) scattered in to take their seats just before showtime.
  — People Staff, Peoplemag, 23 July 2023
• The complete lineup and showtimes can be found at kcfilmfest.org.
  — Jon Niccum, kansascity, 9 Apr. 2018
• Seating is first-come, first-served; the line starts one hour before showtime.
  — Lisa Deaderick, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 July 2017
• Doors will open at 8 p.m., with a showtime at 9 p.m. Tickets are $25 in advance.
  — AL.com, 10 July 2017
• The starting showtime is 8 p.m., just as the sun bathes the landscape with its fading, gilded light.
  — Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2023
• As showtime neared, a crowd of nearly 50 people proved him right.
  — Devi Shastri, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 July 2017
• Check out showtimes and tickets at www.3belowtheaters.com.
  — Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2019
• Movies start at dusk, so plan to show up around 8 p.m. to be able to grab a table and settle in before showtime.
  — Shelbie Lynn Bostedt, RedEye Chicago, 2 June 2017
• With minutes left until showtime, the dancers passed around body tape and lash glue, press-on nails and pasties — no one performs in the nude.
  — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2023
• Madison and her mother arrived late to the early showtime at 9 a.m. and had to wait until the 1 p.m. show.
  — Anna Beahm, AL.com, 25 Apr. 2018
• The task at hand: Find a key prop from Oliver’s new show, Death Rattle, that has gone missing in time for showtime.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2023
• An hour and a half before showtime, Bey and Jay were still cutting up vocals.
  — Nolan Feeney, Billboard, 18 June 2018
• When showtime arrived, Van Halen went ahead and did their opening set.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 27 Feb. 2023
• Hold off on consuming any split pea soup ahead of showtime.
  — Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 23 Sep. 2023
• Check Fandango to find a showtime at a theater near you.
  — Ben Flanagan | [e-mail], al, 31 Mar. 2021
• Arrive one hour before showtime for a pre-show party to meet the cast, take selfies and play games.
  — Michelle Matthews | [e-mail], AL.com, 5 Nov. 2017
• Films in this series are shown the first showtime Monday-Friday.
  — Kathleen Christiansen, orlandosentinel.com, 30 June 2021
• If the performance is sold out prior to showtime, a wait list will be started.
  — Staff Report, Houston Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2018
• Nash spoke to Variety from Sellersville, PA, before showtime on the first day of his 2023 tour.
  — A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 13 Apr. 2023
• Names will be drawn in the lobby 90 minutes before showtime.
  — Ellise Pierce, star-telegram, 12 Oct. 2017
• The Mart Café serves food and drinks prior to showtime, including beer for adult movie-goers.
  — Laura Daily and Bryan K. Chavez, The Know, 25 May 2017
• The new film runs for 2 hours and 45 minutes, which is much longer than the typical horror movie and limits the number of showtimes.
  — Ryan Faughnderstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2019
• Some genres, like hip-hop, tend to move tickets more slowly than others, but can still sell out before showtime.
  — Joe Coscarelli, New York Times, 6 June 2024
• But the Florida governor has been slumping in polls for months and slipped behind Haley in the final surveys before showtime.
  — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024