one-act

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Simply put, the Koch’s autumn programming tends to present mixed bills of one-act, often storyless works that emphasize the ballet part of the company’s name.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

“Blue Moon” is essentially a one-act play, which is to say it’s all talk, and likely to bore those who are primarily interested in spectacle, or even high drama.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

Miranda’s sophomore year production of his musical “In the Heights,” blending rap and Latin rhythms, was a one-act that differed dramatically from its eventual Broadway incarnation.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2025

Alfie, who’s either being willfully obtuse or radically uncompromising, sees nothing sacrilegious in Wilde’s one-act tragedy.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2025

I tell them my idea of turning her story into a one-act or how I could do a solo piece.

From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan