AUDIENCE in a Sentence

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342 example sentences for AUDIENCE, such as:
1. He tailored his speech for his audience.
2. There was nothing for the audience to do.
3. The audience began clapping and cheering.
4. He had the audience hooting with laughter.
5. He tasted the wine of audience approbation.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of AUDIENCE
audience
 n.  an opportunity to state your case and be heard
 n.  a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance
Classic Sentence: (177 in 12 pages)
1  Napoleon stood sternly surveying his audience; then he uttered a high-pitched whimper.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VII
2  Wet or fine, the audience would take tea there.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 2
3  Our part," said Bartholomew, "is to be the audience.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 4
4  Books open; no conclusion come to; and he sitting in the audience.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 4
5  It must be hidden; yet must be close enough to the audience to be heard.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 5
6  Candish, a gardener, and a maid were all bringing chairs--for the audience.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 5
7  There was nothing for the audience to do.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 5
8  They were singing, but not a word reached the audience.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 5
9  Her words peppered the audience as with a shower of hard little stones.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 5
10  But the audience laughed so loud that it did not matter.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 6
11  He skipped along the front row of the audience, leering at each in turn.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 6
12  And the pilgrims who had continued their march and their chant in the background, now gathered round the figure of Eliza on her soap box as if to form the audience at a play.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 6
13  Writing this skimble-skamble stuff in her cottage, she had agreed to cut the play here; a slave to her audience,--to Mrs. Sands' grumble--about tea; about dinner;--she had gashed the scene here.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 7
14  To the valediction of the gramophone hid in the bushes the audience departed.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 7
15  And she was a thorough good sort, making him feel less of an audience, more of an actor, going round the Barn in her wake.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 8
Example Sentence: (165 in 12 pages)
1  He gave a inflammatory address to the audience.
2  The African half of the audience was mainly from Senegal or Mali.
3  Many people in the audience nodded in agreement.
4  Trying to please an audience is the kiss of death for an artist.
5  He explains things without condescending to his audience.
6  He glanced about to make sure that the audience were ready to hear his speech.
7  He had the audience hooting with laughter.
8  The audience began clapping and cheering.
9  The audience gave her a standing ovation for her performance.
10  He tasted the wine of audience approbation.
11  As the curtain rose, the audience fell silent.
12  She reworked her speech for a younger audience.
13  The audience was clearly enchanted by her performance.
14  He tailored his speech for his audience.
15  The enthusiasm of the audience was heightened by the climax of the play.