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How to use repertory in a sentence

14 example sentences · noun

Repertory means a repertoire. Example: “Since “Masques” was my first exposure to Stage I, My admiration of that production spawned an intense enthusiasm for the seven-year-old company, which, unfortunately, was quickly dampened by seeing “Icarus,” which runs in repertory with “Masques.””

Examples of repertory by meaning

nounA theater in which a resident company presents works from a specified repertoire, usually in alternation.

  • Since “Masques” was my first exposure to Stage I, My admiration of that production spawned an intense enthusiasm for the seven-year-old company, which, unfortunately, was quickly dampened by seeing “Icarus,” which runs in repertory with “Masques.”1976 April 17, Don Shewey, “Eros and Heroes on the Boards”, in Gay Community News, page 11

More sentences with repertory

  • Romney who has most thoroughly incorporated such sunbeamy phrases and anecdotes into his repertory on the stump.2007 November 8, Michael Luo, “On Campaign Stump, Romney Preaches the Importance of Optimism”, in New York Times. From the entry sunbeamy
  • Alexander offered no self-gratulatory speeches, no easy or familiar repertory, no repetitions from recent seasons.1987 November 5, Chris Pasles, “Classical Music Review: John Alexander, Pacific Chorale Open 20th Season at Arts Center”, in Los Angeles…. From the entry gratulatory
  • He spent eight years before the war treading the boards as a professional actor in repertory theaters in Manchester.2018, Gordon Corera, Operation Columba: The Secret Pigeon Service: The Untold Story of World War II Resistance in Europe, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry tread the boards
  • When the recipe for the Moroccan pigeon pie bisteeya came out, it also entered my repertory for entertaining.2007 April 8, “Letters”, in New York Times. From the entry bisteeya
  • The subservitude of the art of theatre to the classical repertory impedes the evolution of theatre into a vigorous living experience.2007, Eleftheria Ioannidou, “Tragedy, Metatheatre and the Question of Representation”, in Staging of Classical Drama Around 2000. From the entry subservitude
  • In the first two repertories examined, the rules have been divided into two categories: macroformal and microformal rules.1989, Stephen McAdams, Irène Deliège, Music and the Cognitive Sciences, →ISBN. From the entry microformal
  • No more Geordie and his nudge nudge, wink wink greetings; from next month she would be a professional actress, working in repertory.2014, Lynda Bellingham, chapter 2, in The Boy I Love, London: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN. From the entry nudge nudge wink wink
  • Several of the city's most prominent ensembles started to incorporate foreign rock 'n' roll numbers into their existing repertories of ballroom, calypsos, and highlifes.2012, Nate Plageman, Highlife Saturday Night: Popular Music and Social Change in Urban Ghana, →ISBN, page 142. From the entry highlife
  • Maazel, for his part, gave a focused, dignified reading, and forbore from striking his repertory of conductorial poses until the score’s final page.2009 June 26, Allan Kozinn, “For His Finale, Maazel Musters Mahler’s Army”, in New York Times. From the entry conductorial
  • Here, led by the pianist Jorge Gómez, Tiempo Libre revisits that idea, outfitting recognizable pieces from the Bach repertory with son, danzon and guaguanco rhythm.2009 June 26, The New York Times, “Jazz Listings”, in New York Times. From the entry guaguanco
  • Part II begins with discussions on doubling of roles, Bowdlerizations, theatre promptbooks, actor-adapters, male domination, repertory companies, copying errors in collation, and detail of methodology.1986, “Halstead, William P., comp. Statistical History of Acting Editions of Shakespeare. […]”, in James A. Moore, compiler, Richard III…. From the entry bowdlerization
  • The French not only vastly expanded the Russian repertory of sauces, but they also introduced an entirely new range of light, airy desserts including creams, zephyrs, and mousses.1992, Joyce Toomre, “[Introduction] French Influence on Russian Cuisine”, in Classic Russian Cooking: Elena Molokhovets’ A Gift to Young…. From the entry zephyr
  • In place of a discrimination box a jumping apparatus was used, and apparently this required performance less foreign to the natural response repertory of the bird.1950, Lyle Vincent Jones, Analysis of Visual Discrimination Learning by Pigeons, page 14. From the entry discrimination

Meaning of repertory

  1. noun A repertoire.
  2. noun A collection of things, or a place where such a collection is kept.
  3. noun A specific set of works that a company performs.

Full definition of repertory

Questions about repertory in a sentence

How do you use repertory in a sentence?
Repertory is used as a noun. For example: “Since “Masques” was my first exposure to Stage I, My admiration of that production spawned an intense enthusiasm for the seven-year-old company, which, unfortunately, was quickly dampened by seeing “Icarus,” which runs in repertory with “Masques.””
What is a short sentence with repertory?
“Alexander offered no self-gratulatory speeches, no easy or familiar repertory, no repetitions from recent seasons.”
What does repertory mean?
Repertory means a repertoire.

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