How to Use fourth wall in a Sentence

fourth wall

noun
  • The fourth wall is coming down.
    — CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The scene on the stand, when Hill breaks the fourth wall?
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The scene on the stand, when Hill breaks the fourth wall?
    — Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The scene on the stand, when Hill breaks the fourth wall?
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Not that this idea—breaking the fourth wall of the script—was new.
    — Wyatt Mason, Harper’s Magazine , 6 Jan. 2023
  • The nicest thing about doing a show like this is there is no fourth wall.
    — Daniel Scheffler, SPIN, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Nobody on this show has ever even heard of a fourth wall.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
  • This manner of breaking down the fourth wall feels stale from the start.
    — New York Times, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Later the video breaks the fourth wall and the room is revealed to be a set.
    — Izzy Colón, SPIN, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Whether this was planned or not, this kind of breaking of the fourth wall is good for an easy laugh.
    — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The characters here even break the fourth wall to chat with the viewer.
    — Lorraine Ali, latimes.com, 24 Mar. 2018
  • Actors will break the fourth wall at times and some will play instruments.
    — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2025
  • Therein began a mass erosion of the fourth wall.
    — Meghan Daum, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
  • Get ready for Lara Croft to go from tomb raider to fourth wall breaker.
    — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Trump stand-in, breaks the fourth wall near the end of the episode, calling on viewers to vote.
    — Rasha Ali, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Chappelle breaks the fourth wall to call out his ridiculous costume.
    — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 8 Nov. 2020
  • There is a moment in the video loop when a foot breaks the fourth wall, smashing a sheet of glass.
    — Charles Desmarais, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 June 2018
  • Hildy breaks the fourth wall, and tells the audience about the players.
    — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 10 Sep. 2021
  • There was a kick to watching actors burst through the fourth wall, going meta.
    — New York Times, 10 Dec. 2020
  • What’s the point of breaking the fourth wall if there’s nothing on the other side?
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Cast and crew alike are figuring out the rules of the new genre and the boundaries of the fourth wall.
    — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2021
  • The characters weren’t breaking the fourth wall, but there was a lot of irony in the joke-telling.
    — Jamie Lang, Variety, 19 June 2025
  • Winning Time batters the fourth wall to pieces in its opening scenes.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2022
  • What was the philosophy behind when to break the fourth wall?
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Feb. 2020
  • Charlotte breaks the fourth wall solely at the start of our journey and then never again.
    — Courtney Howard, Variety, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The fourth wall comes tumbling down, but only when Jarmusch feels like it.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press, 13 May 2019
  • And journalists are rarely granted the grace of breaking the fourth wall.
    — Marquita K. Harris, Glamour, 19 May 2021
  • Barnes’ photos break down the fourth wall of these tourist attractions, and to great effect.
    — Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Know, 19 Nov. 2019
  • He was drawn to the irreverence—and to the nudge-nudge, wink-wink way the show seemed to break the fourth wall.
    — Abby Aguirre, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2019
  • With no fourth wall to keep disbelief suspended, the show is no longer greater than the sum of its parts.
    — Jordan Cutler-Tietjen, sacbee, 6 July 2018

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