How to Use big-screen in a Sentence

big-screen

1 of 2 adjective
  • This is a big-screen deal of dreams!
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 2 Apr. 2026
  • And that’s just the big-screen riches.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 17 June 2026
  • But for me, this has always been a big-screen movie.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The last decade has not been good for big-screen comedies.
    — ABC News, 6 May 2026
  • This is the big-screen TV of your dreams.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 8 May 2026
  • The tales of the worst days sound like scenes from a big-screen survival thriller.
    — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Leachman was a big-screen legend, too.
    — Maggie Fremont, Entertainment Weekly, 23 June 2026
  • This is a hunt for the old magic of the big-screen, big-tent movies themselves.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2024
  • Save $148 on this big-screen workhorse while this sale price lasts.
    — Jade Chung-Lee, PC Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Now, Kreiz’s big-screen dream will finally be put to the test.
    — Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 20 July 2023
  • Maura still has that playful glint in her saucer eyes, and big-screen charisma.
    — G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Feb. 2026
  • At the moment, big-screen lightweights are a niche product in the laptop sphere.
    — Monica Chin, The Verge, 8 June 2023
  • There are plans for a big-screen viewing area outside for those who can’t get tickets.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Now, their elders can put the same stuff on their big-screen TV with ease.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 4 Aug. 2025
  • But The Wiz wasn’t Ross’s first big-screen venture.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2025
  • The focus of the trailer and footage was on big-screen spectacle.
    — Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 12 Feb. 2025
  • The big-screen version is a pleasant take on one man’s effort to defy the odds.
    — Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The death of the big-screen rom-com hastened the death of movies marketed to women.
    — Time, 11 July 2023
  • The gig was Falduto's first and only big-screen role.
    — Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Some are old and rare, some are big-screen famous and others are just, well, unusual.
    — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 July 2025
  • Now that his big-screen debut is out in the world, Sumney is looking at what’s next.
    — Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 July 2024
  • Brooding archetypes themselves, big-screen stars who wore the best peacoats brought them to the masses.
    — Isaiah Freeman-Schub, Robb Report, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Naruto, one of the most popular mangas of all time, is headed to the big-screen.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Now, the two characters will be put to the big-screen test with their latest adventure.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 22 May 2026
  • Wasn’t this supposed to be Lucasfilm’s new hope for a big-screen revival?
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2026
  • The court is adjacent to a large gym with a lounge area and bar, big-screen television and full bathroom.
    — David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Disney has released a trailer for first big-screen Star Wars project in six years.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Blumhouse plans on actually doing both big-screen and small-screen takes.
    — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Yet there still hasn't been a proper big-screen biopic about the late British actress — not for lack of trying.
    — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 9 June 2026
  • Now the Bitcoin creator is getting the big-screen treatment.
    — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025

big screen

2 of 2 noun
  • Crave a big screen and style to match?
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 25 May 2026
  • This is your chance to bring home a big screen at a small price.
    — PC Magazine, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The winner gets to choose the movie to be shown on the big screen.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 12 May 2020
  • Not every movie works this way, or needs a big screen to cast its spell.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2021
  • Get your beer, snacks and big screen at these watch parties all across the metro.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2025
  • And also seeing it on a big screen!
    — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 28 Nov. 2025
  • This is, in other words, a movie that would have played well on the big screen.
    — Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 12 Aug. 2020
  • And there’s never been a better time to see it on the big screen.
    — Jeanne Bonner, CNN, 10 Dec. 2022
  • The video is up on a big screen at a distance that’s further away.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2020
  • The Fold2 can work with up to three apps at a time on the big screen.
    — Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2020
  • She was broadcast on the arena's big screen for the whole crowd to see.
    — Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2025
  • In the years that followed, the play was adapted twice for the big screen.
    — Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Nov. 2022
  • There are wood accents, big vents, and a big screen atop the dash center.
    — John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver, 17 Mar. 2021
  • The thrills and chills of the big screen are back big-time in the world’s largest film market.
    — Andy Wong, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Feb. 2021
  • That’s the phrase bandied about every time a novel makes it to the big screen.
    — Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Cinderella was set to dance its way on the big screen in June.
    — Pamela McClintock, Billboard, 7 May 2021
  • Over the next 15 years, her success spanned from the stage to the small and big screen.
    — Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The pop band Sparks is hitting the big screen in a major way this year.
    — Clark Collis, EW.com, 28 May 2021
  • And Gyllenhaal made it to be seen on a big screen, with a big crowd.
    — ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • This week brought news that Everett’s work is coming to the big screen.
    — Donna Wares, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2022
  • Nick Jonas will have to dip into his music bag for his next big screen role.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Hercule Poirot doesn’t crack this case on the big screen in the near future.
    — Adam Rowe, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Off the stage, Bridges will also be making his way to the big screen, too.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 27 July 2022
  • Mariners showing the Artemis II on their big screen!
    — Alana Wise, NPR, 11 Apr. 2026
  • The game will be shown on the big screen and pyrotechnics will be used throughout the game.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Get ready, the tale of two beloved witches is coming to the big screen in Wicked.
    — Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 12 Dec. 2022
  • But of course, the best way and the one that has to remain is here, in a movie theater, on a big screen.
    — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Matter proceeded to show the payday for the first group on a big screen.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The series will further expand the world Gunn presents on the big screen.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 11 Nov. 2020
  • Oz the Great and Terrible, he has been much missed on the big screen.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 3 May 2022

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