How to Use rehearse in a Sentence

rehearse

verb
  • The band stayed up late rehearsing for the big show.
  • He rehearsed his dance moves in front of the mirror.
  • We were allowed to watch the director rehearse the dancers.
  • The orchestra is rehearsing a piece by Schumann.
  • And they were very well rehearsed.
    — Jason Wingard, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • The process was well-rehearsed.
    — Cameron Knight, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 June 2026
  • They weren’t forced or rehearsed.
    — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 12 Dec. 2025
  • That side of me likes to have fresh ideas all the time and not be too rehearsed.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 14 Dec. 2025
  • Getting to rehearse with the band for the first time was easy.
    — Kolby Cooper, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2022
  • New plays would be born, rehearsed and dissolved.
    — Emma Madden, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Their words feel rehearsed rather than real.
    — Carlos Hoyos, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Jot down two or three key points and practice them, but don’t rehearse too much.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Don’t just rehearse the same old scripts; send some notes to the writers’ room.
    — Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2023
  • The whole cast got to rehearse on this film, which doesn't happen a lot these days.
    — Ed Symkus, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2020
  • On set, Paul doesn’t rehearse a lot with the actors.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 25 Oct. 2025
  • It is named often these days in the list of villages rehearsed on the news.
    — Literary Hub, 9 June 2026
  • It was rehearsed for a very, very long time in this very intimate way.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 7 June 2026
  • Michael could come to work and just know how to hit those marks and do that line, and rehearse and show up.
    — Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Garvey urged them to rehearse at home what to do if stopped by police.
    — Asra Q. Nomani , Alba Cuebas-Fantauzzi, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The play was cast, rehearsed, and produced in three weeks from start to finish.
    — Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Buddy Guy is maybe just a year or two too old to need to rehearse to play blues.
    — Bart Bull, SPIN, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Each scene was blocked and rehearsed in advance to map out where and how the camera should move.
    — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Jewel was also on hand to rehearse.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 26 Nov. 2025
  • The group still rehearses on the campus.
    — Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The choir was rehearsing songs about Jesus on the cross and death.
    — Zach Horrall, Indianapolis Star, 29 June 2019
  • The band got to rehearse with Timberlake three days last week.
    — Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2018
  • So due to the lack of time to rehearse, where did your inspiration stem from?
    — Essence, 28 Nov. 2023
  • And having to rehearse, and getting it right — couldn’t get ‘em off, couldn’t get ‘em on!
    — Mary Sollosi, EW.com, 16 Sep. 2019
  • Navarro scoffed that her crying was rehearsed.
    — Ian Parker, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
  • While the family was growing up here, the kids went there to rehearse their bands.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 5 July 2019

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