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How to use audience in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Audience means a group of people within hearing; specifically, a large gathering of people listening to or watching a performance, speech, etc. Example: “We joined the audience just as the lights went down.”

Examples of audience by meaning

nounA group of people within hearing; specifically, a large gathering of people listening to or watching a performance...

  • We joined the audience just as the lights went down.
  • My audience to this not-too-easy operation was a small group of Scottish school lasses, who seemed (perhaps naturally) to find the proceedings somewhat mysterious, but at any rate amusing.1952 February, H. C. Casserley, “Permanent Wayfarings”, in Railway Magazine, page 77

nounA formal meeting with a state or religious dignitary.

  • She managed to get an audience with the Pope.

nounThe readership of a book or other written publication.

  • "Private Eye" has a small but faithful audience.

nounA following.

  • The opera singer expanded his audience by singing songs from the shows.

More sentences with audience

  • The one male audience member at the concert is invited on stage.From the entry one
  • The comedy club's audience was known for hooting down timid performers.From the entry down
  • The motivational speaker not only instructed but also entertained the audience.From the entry entertain
  • The editor asked me to rewrite my article for a non-technical audience.From the entry rewrite
  • As it was a great play, the audience applauded at the end.From the entry end
  • It must have taken some guts to speak in front of that audience.From the entry guts
  • The actor's performance was too cute for me. All that mugging to the audience killed the humor.From the entry cute
  • When the audience began laughing, the comedian milked the joke for more laughs.From the entry milk
  • The TV programme was cancelled because it only gained a 10% share of that night's viewing audience.From the entry share
  • The audience loudly clapped the actress, who responded with a deep curtsey.From the entry clap
  • The professor gave an erudite lecture that impressed everyone in the audience.From the entry erudite
  • It was clear that the film's apparent celebration of psychopathy made many audience members uncomfortable.From the entry uncomfortable
  • Empress, I advise you that your audience with the Prime Minister is in 15 minutes, ma'am.From the entry advise
  • Please seat the audience after the anthem and then introduce the first speaker.From the entry seat
  • He gave a good speech, but floundered when audience members asked questions he could not answer well.From the entry flounder
  • He was trying to channel President Reagan, but the audience wasn't buying it.From the entry channel
  • His inability to speak in front of an audience was his weakness.From the entry weakness
  • Being aware of the danger of upsetting her audience, she was somewhat circumspect in her comments.From the entry circumspect
  • The symphony warmed up inside the amphitheater while the audience crowded around outside.From the entry amphitheater
  • He really poured on the molasses, charming his audience and changing more than a few votes.From the entry molasses
  • Her song enraptured the audience with vivid images of the Scandinavian landscapes.From the entry enrapture
  • The dancer whirled across the stage, stopped, and whirled around to face the audience.From the entry whirl
  • The contestant was placed in a soundproof booth so he could not receive help from the audience.From the entry soundproof
  • The actor's inspired performance of Hamlet's soliloquy left the audience dumbfounded.From the entry inspired
  • Aside from a few stray flutters of laughter, the audience was silent.From the entry flutter
  • The plot of the film was so derisive that the audience began to jeer.From the entry derisive
  • The comedian stepped out of character to mug directly to the audience.From the entry out of character
  • The audience could not contain their laughter while the manualist played on.From the entry manualist
  • The lengthiness of his talk bored most of his audience nearly to sleep.From the entry lengthiness
  • The hack comic produced a rubber chicken, to the groans and boos of the audience.From the entry rubber chicken
  • Reality TV really is appealing to the lowest common denominator in audiences.From the entry lowest common denominator
  • The idea of speaking in front of such a large audience was petrifying.From the entry petrifying
  • We're rescripting some popular British TV shows for an American audience.From the entry rescript
  • The DJ rickrolled the whole audience by suddenly playing Rick Astley’s hit song.From the entry rickroll
  • There wasn't a dry eye in the audience after her heart-wrenching performance.From the entry dry eye

Meaning of audience

  1. noun A group of people within hearing; specifically, a large gathering of people listening to or watching a performance, speech, etc.
  2. noun Hearing; the condition or state of hearing or listening.
  3. noun A widespread or nationwide viewing or listening public, as of a TV or radio network or program.

Full definition of audience

Questions about audience in a sentence

How do you use audience in a sentence?
Audience is used as a noun. For example: “We joined the audience just as the lights went down.”
What is a short sentence with audience?
“"Private Eye" has a small but faithful audience.”
What does audience mean?
Audience means a group of people within hearing; specifically, a large gathering of people listening to or watching a performance, speech, etc.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: audience (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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