offstage
Example Sentences
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When he finished, he simply wandered into the darkness offstage.
Tsuruko, the eldest, stays largely offstage but exerts a crucial, conservative influence on family affairs.
Owen checked his phone when they were all the way offstage.
From Literature
We’re not shielded from the horrors, but they almost always happen offstage, implied or alluded to in the sudden vanishing of a loved one or a mournful reference to a death.
Cooper wanted to capture what goes on offstage as well as on, and a significant part of that happened around a particular table at the Olive Tree Cafe, which sits above the underground comedy club.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
