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

With that, the kids scatter to their places, the house lights go down, the stage lights come up and the show begins.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 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

For the Ring's first complete performance, Wagner decreed that the house lights should be dimmed.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall