tread the boards
Example Sentences
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At 83, he is eager to tread the boards once again — and to continue working as steadily as he has for the last six decades.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2024
A half-century later, an organiser has been recalling how those who would go on to be among the world's most beloved comedy performers were lured to tread the boards.
From BBC • Jan. 31, 2021
For his 2012 album, “Viva Duets,” he collaborated with Latin American artists like Chayanne, Thalía and Marc Anthony; in Newark, he’ll tread the boards with one of his daughters, the singer Antonia Bennett.
From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2015
Miller, 29, is the latest British film star to tread the boards in the West End.
From Reuters • Jan. 21, 2011
Under Almayer’s heavy tread the boards of the verandah creaked loudly.
From Almayer's Folly: a story of an Eastern river by Conrad, Joseph
