How to Use stage right in a Sentence

stage right

noun
  • The project is in the design stage right now.
    — Ashley Sharp, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The director sat stage right mouthing the lyrics.
    — ABC News, 12 May 2026
  • With its couches and kitchens, its upstage stairs and stage right doors.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2021
  • At farthest stage right, there’s the back door of a house and a tiny patio.
    — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2019
  • The man disappeared stage right, and the gasps turned to chatter.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
  • What looks like a giant tube enters stage right and sucks the embryo up and out of view.
    — refinery29.com, 31 Aug. 2020
  • Scrooge’s lonely gravestone appears stage right via hand crank.
    — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 4 Dec. 2025
  • At the Paramount, the kids and I line up, stage right, and the band files out.
    — Claire Dederer, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2022
  • The playhouse sets up some seats on the stage right near the comedians.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2024
  • He was joined—stage right—by drummer Grant Chapman.
    — Sarah Moroz, Pitchfork, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Ruiz stood in the wings at stage left; Cullinan handled stage right.
    — James B. Meigs, Slate Magazine, 3 Mar. 2017
  • Behind the judge’s chair hung a massive crest of an eagle with wings spread, its fierce beak turned stage right.
    — William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Not to mention, a handful of performers get to rock the stage right here in their home state.
    — Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Walz will be standing on stage left (the right side of the screen for viewers), and Vance on stage right.
    — Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Those talks appear to be in only preliminary stages right now.
    — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Jan. 2020
  • Winston, and girlfriend Jenn Lewis, were dancing the two-step, stage right.
    — CBS News, 3 Oct. 2017
  • Most people are betting that James exits his hometown, stage right, after tonight.
    — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 June 2018
  • In the video Travis posted, Landon is shown bobbing up and down on stage right by Pump's side.
    — Allison Stubblebine, Billboard, 18 Oct. 2017
  • My whole arsenal on stage right now is different styles of PRS.
    — Spin Contributor, SPIN, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Olive steers Ortiz and I from the wings of stage right, through near-pitch darkness, to a spot dead center against the back wall.
    — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Limbaugh entered stage right just as Ronald Reagan was making his exit.
    — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 8 Feb. 2020
  • Mary stage right, Joseph stage left, with the Magi hovering near the proscenium.
    — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, SFChronicle.com, 24 Nov. 2020
  • Is there an approach to this work that isn’t just moving the attic stove, a fixture of the libretto, from stage right to left to center?
    — Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Guenevere rushes off, stage left; the knights exit, stage right; and, after a moment, men in black armor rush in with props.
    — Trish Deitch, Variety, 4 Apr. 2023
  • With a confident gait and no words, Martin exited stage right and ceded the next few bits to Short.
    — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Aug. 2022
  • The electric motorcycle industry is in an exciting stage right now.
    — New Atlas, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Jewel, who serves as singing/strumming guide during the performance, appears at stage right, belting her song Mercy.
    — Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2018
  • Two interpreters will stand just off stage right signing the dialogue and lyrics to a section of the audience where those with hearing loss will be sitting.
    — Abigail Brone, courant.com, 14 June 2019
  • This includes the installation of guards around the stage perimeter, an insider added, as well as extra manpower in the wings, both stage right and left.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Enter 67-year-old Dean Spanos, stage left—which obviously means he was supposed to enter stage right.
    — Michael Rosenberg, SI.com, 13 Oct. 2017

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