footlights
Example Sentences
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“Can an actor cross the footlights? I thought, I bet he can.”
From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2022
With heels stomping and her hair waving, she owns the stage to such a degree that you half expect bank lenders to materialize by the footlights to sign over the deed.
From Washington Times • Mar. 24, 2021
There were also no emergency lights or footlights.
From BBC • Jan. 28, 2020
The Taper stage is remade to look old-fashioned: enveloped in rich wood and outfitted with clamshell footlights and a crimson curtain.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2019
Now all eyes turned to the footlights, as each dancer came forward to take a bow and bask in the applause.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing footlights
Theater - Introductory
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Theater - Middle School
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Theater - High School
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