How to Use rehearsal in a Sentence

rehearsal

noun
  • There are only three more rehearsals before the concert.
  • She was 15 minutes late to rehearsal.
  • The rehearsal was brief, in a way.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 1 June 2026
  • What was the rehearsal process like?
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
  • There weren't rehearsals, there was no prep.
    — Samantha Highfill, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Some love rehearsal; some don’t.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025
  • But right from the first rehearsal, he was locked in with us.
    — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 25 Mar. 2024
  • And now the crew is like, is this the same guy who was at rehearsal?
    — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2022
  • For Solomon, the rehearsal was the high point.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The cast only had a few days of rehearsals.
    — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2026
  • And every scene was a rehearsal for the next scene.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The play was never in a rehearsal space.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 7 June 2026
  • Alec then arrived at rehearsals to watch their dance.
    — Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
  • There are no rehearsals, and no do-overs for this moment.
    — John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 May 2026
  • Maybe this trip was a rehearsal for what our adulthood would look like.
    — Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2020
  • Zania steps in front of the guys in rehearsal and blows them both away.
    — Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 27 Apr. 2021
  • This first hot spell of the year was a rehearsal for the summer to come.
    — Colson Whitehead, The New Yorker, 19 July 2021
  • And rehearsals, for me, are about making sure the script is right.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Even so, that last rehearsal felt … final.
    — Ahmir “questlove” Thompson, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025
  • There are, of course, writers and rehearsals.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 12 May 2026
  • Crazy Horse had even less rehearsal than the Roxy.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2025
  • For me, it’s called a rehearsal, for him, it’s called a practice.
    — Cate Martel, The Hill, 14 Aug. 2025
  • In their rehearsal, the boys’ voices soared and echoed off the chapel’s walls.
    — New York Times, 22 Dec. 2020
  • After my first rehearsal, I was all turned around.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Laughter in the rehearsal room.
    — Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The squad begins twice-a-week rehearsals in June.
    — Lisa Gutierrez may 6, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2026
  • The rehearsal room can only take the performer so far.
    — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2026
  • That night, the two met while in their first rehearsal for a play, and became best friends.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026
  • One of the grass fields also will be used for the halftime show rehearsals.
    — Grace Hase, Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2025
  • But the cold didn’t seem to bother the dancers, who were in the third hour of a sweaty rehearsal.
    — New York Times, 10 Jan. 2022

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