stagecraft
Example Sentences
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Did you find it a challenge to separate the truth from the kayfabe — the wrestling stagecraft?
From Los Angeles Times
It’s an elegant bit of stagecraft: The wisps of smoke waft low across the water as the woman meanders through it, splish-splashing softly, ankle-deep.
From New York Times
“How to Defend Yourself” rushes through a random patchwork ending that allows the production to show off some fancy stagecraft but doesn’t provide a satisfying narrative conclusion.
From New York Times
Republicans are betting their stagecraft will outweigh the fact that their investigations will almost certainly have no legal effect.
From Salon
At the Monday rally, the governor enlivened what could have been a dry policy pitch with the stagecraft of a slick campaign commercial: standing before an enormous American flag and bleachers full of young families.
From Washington Post
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