How to Use stagecraft in a Sentence

stagecraft

noun
  • Holzinger’s stagecraft is over the top.
    — Caroline Lillian Schopp, Artforum, 13 May 2026
  • All the sort of stagecraft and blocks and green lights and stuff.
    — Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024
  • That mirror is not just a metaphor for him, but a matter of stagecraft.
    — New York Times, 29 June 2018
  • There's a stagecraft of romance, Schwartz says.
    — George Petras, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Trump is a consummate showman, and his stagecraft was top notch.
    — James Hohmann, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2018
  • The stagecraft was jaw-dropping, and the music sounded good, if warped with too much bass.
    — Nick Remsen, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2022
  • There is, in fact, real stagecraft along with the buffoonery.
    — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2025
  • How often can magic be used to get out of a tight spot or explain the stagecraft of a murder?
    — Chris Barton, latimes.com, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Such over-the-top stagecraft has always been a key feature in politics.
    — Washington Post, 10 May 2021
  • The dialogue is as brain-numbing as the stagecraft is eye-popping.
    — New York Times, 24 May 2018
  • In the end, that was the biggest takeaway from the vice president’s stagecraft.
    — New York Times, 26 Aug. 2021
  • The clever stagecraft used to grow the beanstalk was particularly fun.
    — Elizabeth Moore, NOLA.com, 28 July 2017
  • Just as this bravura piece of stagecraft was making its debut, the pandemic hit.
    — Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 15 Jan. 2022
  • The dancing, singing, and stagecraft were all jaw-droppingly amazing.
    — Fran Golden, AFAR Media, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Biden isn’t a newcomer to the small screen or to political stagecraft.
    — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
  • The stagecraft in these recent performances — there’s a lot of blocking and props and costumes.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Other presidents have used stagecraft to project their worldviews.
    — Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026
  • His show featured the same stagecraft, light on glitz and fireworks, but heavy on compelling, forceful images.
    — Shad Powers, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2017
  • Their mandate was to spruce up the film with practical effects and vintage stagecraft trickery.
    — Daniel Engber, WIRED, 18 Nov. 2014
  • And when the melting moment arrives, the movie continues to mirror the stagecraft.
    — People Staff, PEOPLE, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Smith appears to be offended that the film credits so much of Reagan's success to stagecraft.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 29 June 2017
  • With the play, the swiftness of the story and the characters moving around the mansion has to be accomplished with stagecraft.
    — Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 4 June 2024
  • The stagecraft was immaculate, and everyone involved seemed to be having a blast.
    — Tom Breihan, Billboard, 25 July 2017
  • Harlow has the manner and power and the name of a movie star, holding the camera with an elusive presence; stagecraft is secondary.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 26 June 2019
  • Still, as a piece of stagecraft, the show is a symphony of theatermakers working at their pinnacle.
    — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2021
  • The mud coming out of speakers at too many Broadway shows, supposedly the apex of stagecraft, is appalling.
    — Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2018
  • The White House stagecraft sent a clear and obvious message about the Middle East.
    — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 18 May 2021
  • But other Iraqis felt that, behind the day's stagecraft, there were problems that hand-holding among leaders could not easily change.
    — Louisa Loveluck, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Mar. 2021
  • As if we haven’t been served enough chaos, tension and stagecraft, these NBA Playoffs keep giving us the good stuff.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 18 May 2025
  • There’s also lots of fancy stagecraft, a re-creation of the iconic wedding dress, and lots of chorus members twirling around with paparazzi cameras.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2021

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