pacing

Example Sentences

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Pacing the stage in the throes of one lengthy, unaccompanied solo, Rollins leaps recklessly—and accidentally clears the edge of the stage, landing many feet below on a stone floor.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Pacing the stage at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, on the last night of her fall 2025 tour, she traded her typical sardonicism for high-pitched sincerity.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

Pacing the stage in the sport coat he always wears, he told the audience: “My point here is, I didn’t choose this topic of dying. I feel it has chosen or followed me.”

From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2024

Pacing was instrumental, because there was a potential for this movie to feel too rushed, and if the beginning was too rushed, then you wouldn’t lock in with Oppenheimer the character.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2023

Pacing back and forth, back and forth, each step like a long, never-ending dance.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles