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How to use exhibition in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Exhibition means an instance of exhibiting, or something exhibited. Example: “There was an art exhibition on in the town hall.”

Examples of exhibition by meaning

nounA large-scale public showing of objects or products.

  • There was an art exhibition on in the town hall.
  • a boat exhibition

nounA public display, intentional or otherwise, generally characterised as negative.

  • a shameful exhibition
  • a disgusting exhibition

nounA financial award or prize given to a student (who becomes an exhibitioner) by a school or university, usually on the...

  • He was a scholarship boy who had won an Exhibition to Oxford, and then, like so many others, had found himself thrown upon the slave market of pedagogy.1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 352
  • Despite a couple of rustications, he gained an exhibition to Cambridge.2016 November, Jonathan Meades, “Inside Job”, in Literary Review

More sentences with exhibition

  • He tends to make an exhibition of himself at parties, trying to draw attention.From the entry make an exhibition of oneself
  • Stop making an exhibition of yourself and let others enjoy the moment.From the entry make an exhibition of oneself
  • The set-aside cake has been stored in refrigeration. The set date for the exhibition is Monday.From the entry set-aside
  • She will have two or three paintings in the coming exhibition.From the entry coming
  • The artist worried more than was necessary: there were a lot of people at the exhibition, more than came last year.From the entry than
  • I've boxed in exhibition bouts to entertain the crowds.From the entry bout
  • The exhibition features works by the country’s foremost artists.From the entry foremost
  • They're opening a new coin exhibition at the local museum.From the entry museum
  • The two artists cocurated their exhibition.From the entry cocurate
  • What do room fresheners have to do with Shaniqwa Jarvis’s new exhibition?2025 March 27, Ariana Marsh, “Photographer Shaniqwa Jarvis Wants to Show Us We’re More Similar Than Different”, in Harper's Bazaar…. From the entry Shaniqwa
  • Award-winning Sydney photographer Stephen Dupont’s latest exhibition focuses on change and detribalisation in Papua New Guinea .2015 July 3, “The Outside Land”, in The Guardian. From the entry photographer
  • An exhibition and play will both examine the Maxonian band's legacy.2015 April 15, Alex Hibbert, “New events in memory of Joy Division's Ian Curtis”, in Macclesfield Express. From the entry Maxonian
  • How do artists and curators come up with titles for exhibitions?2013 September 25, Jonathan Jones, “Dissecting the Exploding Whale: why do modern art shows have odd names?”, in The Guardian. From the entry wacky
  • McGrath had done the Superman at the end of races and in exhibitions, and it always killed.2013, Larry Linkogle, Joe Layden, Mind of the Demon: A Memoir of Motocross, Madness, and the Metal Mulisha, Philadelphia, Pa.: Running…. From the entry superman
  • By organizing traveling astronomical exhibitions and numerous international astrofests, he expanded Laupheim's reputation far beyond Germany.2012, Lutz D. Schmadel, “(7167) Laupheim”, in Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, 6th edition, volume 1, Springer, →ISBN, page 561. From the entry astrofest
  • Such dissemblance, at any rate, is not a temptation at this exhibition.2009 March 28, Edward Rothstein, “Catching Some Z’s in Days of Yore”, in New York Times. From the entry dissemblance
  • Exhibitions that have taken place at the Gallery at Hermès in New York City: 1.2009 May 22, Rebecca Sacks, “The U.E.S.'s Gallery at Hermes: Four Floors Up and a World Away”, in Vanity Fair. From the entry ues
  • "Some exhibitions charge a ticket price to separate the tyre-kickers from the genuine buyers," Doherty says.2008, Business Review Weekly, volume 30, numbers 9-12, page 37. From the entry tyre kicker
  • Many of the works in this exhibition also shoot holes in our conventional assumptions about family portraiture.2006, Janine Antoni, Shoot the Family, Independent Curators International, →ISBN. From the entry shoot holes
  • The reliquary in this exhibition is from the Dayun Temple in Jingzhou prefecture (now Jingchuan County, Gansu).2004, James C. Y. Watt, “Art and History in China from the Third to the Eighth Century”, in China: Dawn of a Golden Age, 200-750 AD, New…. From the entry Jingchuan
  • What exhibition of rapaciousness, race prejudice and political spoliation could be cheaper, commoner, or meaner?2002, J. Douglas Smith, quoting the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, “Little Tyrannies and Petty Skullduggeries”, in Managing White Supremacy…. From the entry skulduggery
  • The lines snaked around the block and down a pair of stairs, into a large exhibition hall.1995, Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis), 16 Oct. 20. From the entry pair of stairs
  • New exhibition portraying historical events and everyday life during the Roaring Twenties.1979 December, “Museums”, in Texas Monthly, volume 7, number 12, page 22. From the entry decade
  • The present exhibition, through March 24, features traditional wood and metal sculpture from the Upper Volta.1979 January 4, Roslyn Siegel, “Traditional Art From Upper Volta”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company…. From the entry Upper Volta
  • Prehistoric pottery, art, cave painting, engraving can be incorporated into the exhibition as an added colourful attraction.1972 January–March, Dilip Kumar Ray, “Some Thoughts on the Problems of Arrangement of Anthropological Specimen in Museums”, in Amalendu…. From the entry cave painting
  • The school had taken the first four places and won seven of the twelve exhibitions.1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Vintage International, published 2001, Part Two, Chapter 4. From the entry legendarily
  • Highlight of the exhibition was a complete nursery set, arranged by Mrs.1949 June 10, “C.W.A. Handicrafts Exhibition Attracts 600 Entries, 1000 Visitors In First 3 Days”, in The Land, page 26. From the entry nappy bin
  • We entertained each other with exhibitions of schuhplattlers and big apples!1938 October, The Ski Bulletin, volume 9, Boston, Mass., →OCLC, page 8, columns 1–2. From the entry schuhplattler
  • I can put up a show fight and exhibition bout, but I'm done for the real thing."1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html)…. From the entry out
  • The exhibition will run until March 20.2022 February 13, “China-Chic Art Exhibition Flourishing Recall of Tang Dynasty opens at Xi’an IMIX PARK”, in AP News, PR Newswire…. From the entry Weiyang
  • XENO Installation for group exhibition "Evolo Xenoculture".2016, monad_studio, Instagram. From the entry xenoculture
  • At the end of the show or exhibition, bump-out carries an even higher risk as everyone is exhausted.2014, Lynn Van Der Wagen, Lauren White, Human Resource Management for the Event Industry, page 110. From the entry installer
  • It hangs, canopylike, from the ceiling of a gallery, making the exhibition look like a temporary encampment and like a shrine.2009 July 24, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, in New York Times. From the entry canopylike
  • On Wednesday “chronotopes & dioramas,” an exhibition by Ms.2009 September 20, Randy Kennedy, “It’s Only Natural, This Thing for Books”, in New York Times. From the entry chronotopes

Meaning of exhibition

  1. noun An instance of exhibiting, or something exhibited.
  2. noun A large-scale public showing of objects or products.
  3. noun A public display, intentional or otherwise, generally characterised as negative.

Full definition of exhibition

Questions about exhibition in a sentence

How do you use exhibition in a sentence?
Exhibition is used as a noun and verb. For example: “There was an art exhibition on in the town hall.”
What is a short sentence with exhibition?
“a boat exhibition”
What does exhibition mean?
Exhibition means an instance of exhibiting, or something exhibited.

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