understudy

Example Sentences

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So I got to understudy or take her place — I got to join the cast, and Eugene was in it.

From Los Angeles Times

Buckley later turned down an offer to be the understudy to Prenger's Nancy, instead going on to pursue her own role on the London stage.

From BBC

They were looking to go undefeated in AFC West games, and got to 5-0 with an array of understudies, particularly along the offensive line.

From Los Angeles Times

After years of working at the venue, the unlikely understudy took centre stage in the dame role of Sherie Trifle at the near sold-out performance.

From BBC

Therefore I propose that someone with a keen sense of the theatrical, a talent for mimicry and improvising dialogue—a playwright, perhaps?—be engaged as an understudy to the ghost, as it were.”

From Literature