How to Use standing room in a Sentence

standing room

noun
  • Tickets for the 7 p.m. show start at $20+ for standing room at FunkyBiscuit.com.
    Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 11 July 2024
  • Some weeks, there’s barely enough standing room in the vestibule.
    Stephen Ford, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2021
  • There’s a party pit with standing room at the venue, along with reserved seats.
    Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Last year, the summit was standing room only, so there’s a need there.
    Gary Graff, Billboard, 29 Apr. 2019
  • That includes seats, the lawn behind the center field and standing room.
    Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Note that seats are sold out, but standing room is available.
    Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Chairs around the Mullet Toss are free and there will be areas blocked off for standing room.
    al, 22 Apr. 2022
  • The room was packed for the meeting, with only standing room available.
    Anna Beahm | Abeahm@al.com, al, 4 Sep. 2019
  • There’s seating for around 16 people and standing room for maybe that same amount.
    Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 10 May 2021
  • The amphitheater was for part of that time standing room only.
    Mark Swed, latimes.com, 3 June 2019
  • This also frees up floor space at the center and creates more standing room.
    Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2022
  • For its part, Femme is often so packed that there’s only standing room.
    Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Bon Appétit, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The seating was in pods, and standing room areas weren't available for fans to gather.
    CBS News, 6 Apr. 2021
  • Meanwhile, there’s barely standing room in the French House, inside or out, but there rarely is.
    Will Hawkes, Washington Post, 17 June 2022
  • The Rodeo is directly behind the VIP pit and is standing room only.
    Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 18 Feb. 2020
  • The in-store beer and wine bar opens at 11 a.m., 10 a.m. on Saturdays and sometimes there’s standing room only.
    Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 28 June 2023
  • The dome-style tent offers excellent head and standing room inside the tent.
    Meg Carney, Field & Stream, 27 Sep. 2023
  • With standing room only in the hot room, one attendee collapsed.
    Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 6 May 2024
  • Inside, standing room will not be allowed, and guests must wear a mask when not seated.
    Marc Bona, cleveland, 29 Sep. 2020
  • Seatgeek had a pair of standing room only tickets for $413 for Game 3.
    Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 20 July 2021
  • Stack them like firewood or standing room only, if need be.
    Colson Whitehead, The New Yorker, 19 July 2021
  • The seats were full but there was still considerable standing room.
    Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 2 Oct. 2022
  • The church was standing room only with a video camera doing live feed to the church hall because that was filled with people, too.
    Rita Omokha, ELLE, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Lange hosts cocktail demonstrations onboard, the first of which drew a standing room only crowd at the ship’s Princess Live!
    Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 3 Sep. 2024
  • The cars would hold up to 35 passengers (including the standing room) and are heated and have Wi-Fi and phone chargers.
    Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 June 2021
  • Two sets of bleachers have been full for most practices, and people have been lined up a half-dozen deep in standing room areas.
    Scott Patsko, cleveland.com, 30 July 2019
  • The hearing Tuesday was standing room only, with visitors waiting in line for hours to get a seat in the room.
    Joseph Weber, Fox News, 18 Apr. 2018
  • Kirschenbaum reigned as the grande dame of a group of hard-core fans who populated standing room at the opera house and would flock to the stage door for autographs.
    New York Times, 23 Apr. 2021
  • Opening day is already sold out, aside from a few standing room tickets.
    Drew Dawson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 May 2022
  • Some events could be picnic-style or festival-like (standing room only).
    Jonathan Horwitz, Orange County Register, 14 June 2024

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