How to Use audition in a Sentence
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Her audition could have been the take that was in the movie.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2024
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This came about as an audition that found its way to me.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 12 May 2023
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That was something that became more aligned over the course of the audition process.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 May 2023
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The union is seeking rules and limits on the use of self-tape auditions.
—Anousha Sakoui, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2023
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His audition impressed them, but the wig must’ve not sat right with them.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 10 Oct. 2023
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As the final audition for season 22, Gagnon brought out the big guns.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 25 Mar. 2024
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Ryan is the piano player at an audition for a job that Francine doesn’t get.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2023
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The first day of the first audition shoot was at the Hollywood Athletic Club.
—EW.com, 15 Feb. 2024
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In the first episode, Sha-Rock, the genre’s first prominent female MC, talks about the audition that changed her life.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Dec. 2023
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As fans may know, at the end of the auditions, the quartet delivers feedback and decides if the act will make it to the next round.
—Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 11 July 2023
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The days of live auditions in different cities are over.
—Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
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And two weeks later the audition for Halloween came up.
—Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2023
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During her audition for Karen, the entire room could not deny the role was made for her.
—Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2024
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The last Black dancer who tried to join the company in 1945 wasn’t even allowed to register for the audition.
—Beatriz Miranda, refinery29.com, 17 Aug. 2023
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That got him an agent, and the agent got him an audition for American Beauty.
—Alex Pappademas, Men's Health, 28 Mar. 2023
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In the video, Spears is brought to the edge of tears while reading a scene opposite Gosling, who is off camera during the audition.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 23 Oct. 2023
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This means actors in the union will not be able to film TV shows and movies, audition for new projects or promote their finished work.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 13 July 2023
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Boyle was a sensation across the globe the moment her audition video hit the internet.
—Francesca Gariano, Peoplemag, 24 Feb. 2024
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Michael Philippou: Joe Bird was the only one who did his possession in the auditions.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Aug. 2023
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So Damon and his sister Kim and the family was all over that first audition...
—Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 29 Feb. 2024
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He was suggested toward the end of the Rangers’ audition period to take over Platt’s spot.
—Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2024
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Martin [Chambers] was playing drums at the audition, but Chrissie didn’t play with us.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2023
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And from that audition blossomed a friendship that spawned one meme-able dinner.
—Vulture, 15 Oct. 2023
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Streisand, Gould has said, recited her phone number at the end of her audition for a callback.
—Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2023
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In Williams’ place, Miller Moss will get his first start as just one of the players hoping to finish this season with a strong audition for next year.
—Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2023
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Watch on Despite the mishaps, Three G continued on with their audition.
—Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 4 June 2023
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But the audition required him to learn a lot of technical speak about the character, Mr. Vup, an alien with an advanced sense of smell.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 4 Apr. 2024
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That the film doesn’t need Blu so much is underscored when Nico, Pedro and pals set up Carnival auditions in the heart of the jungle.
—Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
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Producers liked the bleached blonde finger waves that Gabrielle, 27, donned during the audition.
—Samantha Chery, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2023
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When 18-year-old Garrison Bennett walked into the audition room Sunday, the judges instantly noticed his resemblance to a young Richie.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2024
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And then Vivian auditioned and jumped to the front of the list.
—Brett Williams, Men's Health, 1 Aug. 2023
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The Dune actor didn’t even have to audition for the role.
—Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 July 2023
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The actor, then 19, had already auditioned for the film and didn't make the cut.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2024
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The next step was to announce the project to the public and invite residents to audition for the roles.
—Nanfu Wang, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 June 2023
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For the first time in his life, auditioning for the show meant stepping into the world of rock 'n' roll.
—Evan Romano, Men's Health, 3 Mar. 2023
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The Yardbirds marked the only time in his career that Beck had to audition.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2023
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Guests can audition to go on stage and spin a replica of the iconic Wheel to solve puzzles and win prizes.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2022
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That’s been the hardest thing for me; auditioning and being a blank slate.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 May 2023
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The gun was first auditioned with South Vietnamese soldiers in 1962.
—Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2023
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Very involved with the whole scene of preparing to be a singer, an opera singer, and then auditioning.
—Peter Larsen, Orange County Register, 13 Feb. 2024
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Williams was reportedly one of the many actresses to audition for the role of Princess Leia in Star Wars.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 31 Jan. 2023
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Rodgers has toyed with the idea of retiring several times, and auditioned to be host of the game show Jeopardy! in 2021.
—Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 15 Mar. 2023
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This might be his final time to really audition for the role of the next BYU quarterback in front of the coaches.
—Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Aug. 2022
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Rivera didn’t know it at the time, but the man auditioning her was Balanchine himself.
—Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2024
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His parents got an email inviting him to audition for a film in Chicago.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2023
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Mirren auditioned for the National Youth Theatre at the age of 18.
—Jacob Linden, Country Living, 17 Apr. 2023
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Finally, my girlfriend at the time forced me to audition.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 5 June 2023
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At the height of his career, in the mid-2010s, directors made trips to Rikers Island to visit and audition Mr. Duress.
—Alex Traub, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
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Back then these poor souls were required to mirror the bride’s appearance as if auditioning for the role of the bride herself.
—Ruhama Wolle, Glamour, 12 Sep. 2023
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Blades recently auditioned for, but didn’t land a part in, a Marvel movie.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2023
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The manager, then 38, invited the 12-year-old singer to audition for him in person.
—Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 8 Dec. 2022
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One day in the early 1970s, a friend called Mr. Friedman to tell him about a young comic named Andy Kaufman who wanted to audition.
—Clay Risen, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2022
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Soon after, Elijah flew out to Los Angeles and auditioned for the show.
—Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2024
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Masse had moved to Los Angeles from New York the year before to audition for film and television projects.
—ELLE, 27 Oct. 2022
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Four players have been auditioning for the role this summer.
—James Weber, The Enquirer, 3 Aug. 2023
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As a teen, Russell auditioned several times for a spot on Berry Gordy’s label, with no luck.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 14 Aug. 2023
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Angus Cloud’s mother, Lisa, has shared a link to the casting tape that earned the then-unknown 19-year-old the chance to audition for Fezco on Euphoria.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2023
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That feeling of being onstage led me to audition for an acting school.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2022
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Spraggan auditioned for season 9 in the U.K. and ultimately finished in ninth place and second in her category after dropping out due to being ill.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 1 Apr. 2024
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One Direction formed in 2010 after all five members auditioned separately on The X Factor.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 26 Mar. 2024
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