How to Use rehearsal in a Sentence

rehearsal

noun
  • There are only three more rehearsals before the concert.
  • She was 15 minutes late to rehearsal.
  • If the right dancer is found, that artist must be in the U. S. in time for rehearsals.
    — Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2023
  • And now the crew is like, is this the same guy who was at rehearsal?
    — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2022
  • But right from the first rehearsal, he was locked in with us.
    — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 25 Mar. 2024
  • But the cold didn’t seem to bother the dancers, who were in the third hour of a sweaty rehearsal.
    — New York Times, 10 Jan. 2022
  • Even the first rehearsal, the Big Three and myself had to take a deep breath.
    — Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 8 Mar. 2022
  • Lilley thought: the man speaks like the books on his desk, the lines honed by rehearsal.
    — Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2021
  • The first rehearsal for the fall season is scheduled for Sept. 9.
    — John S. Matuszak, cleveland, 1 Aug. 2023
  • No one bothered to check the gun in the church before the rehearsal, the lawsuit said.
    — Meg Jamesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Eulich had set aside two weeks of rehearsal to work with Yeoh on the scene.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 6 Apr. 2022
  • At the end of the rehearsal, Benny said: ‘See you tonight, Jerry.
    — New York Times, 11 Oct. 2021
  • One by one, the mothers filled the seats, gearing up for rehearsal.
    — Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2023
  • Then, five days out, rehearsal moves to the Common where any passers-by can watch.
    — Nicole Kagan, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2023
  • All the work is in the rehearsal (as the character herself says).
    — Somtow Sucharitkul, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The metaphors flowed freely in Janos Szasz’s rehearsal room.
    — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Each loss is a reminder of the one that came before and a rehearsal for those yet to come.
    — Maggie Doherty, The New Republic, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Videos from the dance rehearsal were shared by Bean on Wednesday.
    — Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Well, with rehearsal, back in the old days there used to be four weeks, and now there’s only three.
    — Alex Jhamb Burns, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2025
  • De Sarno in the final rehearsal ahead of his debut show.
    — Vogue, 20 Mar. 2024
  • One rehearsal lasted five hours, and the script of the hearing had to be cut nearly in half.
    — Luke Broadwater Philip Montgomery, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2022
  • The theater kids of East High are in rehearsal for Season 4.
    — Wilson Chapman, Variety, 20 May 2022
  • Plus, Starkey says movement rehearsals for a kind of dance sequence toward the end of the film broke the ice.
    — Rich Juzwiak, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Ever wanted to play fly on the wall for a E Street Band rehearsal?
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2024
  • The readings get two weeks of rehearsal, long enough for the show’s writers to make changes in the scripts and score if needed.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 7 Jan. 2024
  • The One Tree Hill alum made sure to schedule plenty of rehearsal time to quell his nerves.
    — Shania Russell, EW.com, 9 Oct. 2024
  • At the prison, rehearsals and the performance were postponed, and no one knew for how long.
    — Brian Seibert, New York Times, 23 June 2023
  • When the day of the performance arrived, Groban and Foster met in the rehearsal room.
    — Daniela Avila, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Arndt got the gig in spring 2015 four days before rehearsals began when Kenneth Welsh bowed out.
    — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 29 Mar. 2025
  • What kind of rehearsals and choreography went into pulling off that scene?
    — Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 23 Mar. 2025

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