How to Use stage direction in a Sentence

stage direction

noun
  • And that’s just a stage direction.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Thing provides stage directions to get Tyler to find and chase Enid.
    — Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Every word of the script, every joke, and every beat of the stage direction came directly from me.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 21 Jan. 2026
  • In August Wilson’s writing, there’s not a lot of stage direction.
    — Zak Cheney-Rice, Vulture, 13 May 2026
  • In this same mode, McCraney often has his characters speak their own stage directions.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Peter Sagal, the host of radio show Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me, will host and read stage directions.
    — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Seeing the global response to my specific stage direction and script was incredibly rewarding.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Filmmaker Dennis Dugan will direct, with stage directions being read by Tom Bergeron.
    — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
  • At one point, Wiig offered a stage direction, suggesting that the cameraperson wait a few seconds to cut to an in-audience co-conspirator.
    — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The killing of Comperatore adds another dead body to the hypothetical stage directions, or else marks things going hideously off-script, still without breaking the surrounding secrecy.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Moments before, he’s talked briefly with the gardener, Wally (David Manis), who, according to Rosenblatt’s stage directions, is several years older and one inch taller than Dahl.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026
  • For instance, inspired by a stage direction in DaCosta’s script, Brower and costume designer Lindsay Pugh wanted to ensure that Hedda herself and her environments felt a little bit like looking at a rotten fruit.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 21 Nov. 2025

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