house lights

Example Sentences

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By which point I was ready to bring up the house lights myself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

The house lights turned on as 2,800 people rose to their feet for endless applause.

From Slate • Jun. 30, 2025

But under the house lights each week on live TV, Johnson knows storylines are sold on his Hollywood heel persona.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2024

Mounsey was sitting behind a laptop, which she used to drop sound cues, and the blinding house lights remained on as Weiss engaged in crowd work.

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2024

An assembled audience of two thousand settles down as the house lights dim.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides