house lights
Example Sentences
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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
The house lights turned on as he made a three-point turn to leave, Walsh said.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 18, 2024
The production opens with the house lights up and the actors introducing themselves and the survivor each is portraying.
From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2023
The bus, as usual, was quiet when he climbed in—as proportionately quiet, at any rate, as a theatre with dimming house lights.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
