How to Use rehearsal in a Sentence

rehearsal

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  • There are only three more rehearsals before the concert.
  • She was 15 minutes late to rehearsal.
  • If the right dancer is found, that artist must be in the U. S. in time for rehearsals.
    — Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2023
  • And now the crew is like, is this the same guy who was at rehearsal?
    — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2022
  • But right from the first rehearsal, he was locked in with us.
    — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The first rehearsal for the fall season is scheduled for Sept. 9.
    — John S. Matuszak, cleveland, 1 Aug. 2023
  • No one bothered to check the gun in the church before the rehearsal, the lawsuit said.
    — Meg Jamesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2023
  • One by one, the mothers filled the seats, gearing up for rehearsal.
    — Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2023
  • Then, five days out, rehearsal moves to the Common where any passers-by can watch.
    — Nicole Kagan, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2023
  • All the work is in the rehearsal (as the character herself says).
    — Somtow Sucharitkul, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The metaphors flowed freely in Janos Szasz’s rehearsal room.
    — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Each loss is a reminder of the one that came before and a rehearsal for those yet to come.
    — Maggie Doherty, The New Republic, 29 Nov. 2022
  • De Sarno in the final rehearsal ahead of his debut show.
    — Vogue, 20 Mar. 2024
  • One rehearsal lasted five hours, and the script of the hearing had to be cut nearly in half.
    — Luke Broadwater Philip Montgomery, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Ever wanted to play fly on the wall for a E Street Band rehearsal?
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2024
  • The readings get two weeks of rehearsal, long enough for the show’s writers to make changes in the scripts and score if needed.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 7 Jan. 2024
  • The One Tree Hill alum made sure to schedule plenty of rehearsal time to quell his nerves.
    — Shania Russell, EW.com, 9 Oct. 2024
  • At the prison, rehearsals and the performance were postponed, and no one knew for how long.
    — Brian Seibert, New York Times, 23 June 2023
  • We would be shuffled to and from the theater every day to rehearsals, five hours of them a day.
    — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 June 2023
  • In one scene, Chloe tires of Steven’s notes and he’s eventually told to leave the rehearsal room.
    — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Tobias, as part of his process, likes to insist on a month’s rehearsal.
    — Hilton Dresden, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Bruno Gambier, a bateaux mouche captain since 1986, took part in the June rehearsals.
    — Michel Luizet, Robb Report, 15 July 2024
  • Cruz has been inspired by them during the give-and-take of rehearsals, and vice versa.
    — Christine Dolen, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2024
  • And thankfully, due to the weeks of rehearsals that the royals took part in ahead of the coronation, the day went ahead smoothly.
    — Omid Scobie, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 May 2023
  • About halfway through the rehearsal, Elle Fanning arrived with a cup of matcha.
    — Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
  • In their rehearsal space, a small whiteboard hangs on the wall, featuring a repertoire of about a dozen songs.
    — Kate Armanini, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2023
  • At this point in late summer, there are still a few weeks before rehearsals, before the storm of Rose rolls in.
    — Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The film is interwoven with behind-the-scenes footage of rehearsals and home videos.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The film takes fans behind the scenes from the first day of rehearsals in a small, black box theater in New Jersey to stages across the world and, in the process, tells the story of the band’s 50 year friendship.
    — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2024
  • His arrival interrupted a rehearsal, and the audition did not go well.
    — Tomas Weber, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024

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