vaudeville

Example Sentences

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He was playing, as they say in vaudeville, to a different "house".

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

By the 1890s, “millions of Americans go out to vaudeville shows every week,” says Monod.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

Stewart purchased and is restoring the Highland Theatre, a cultural landmark that once hosted vaudeville acts.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

For all its verbal vaudeville, though, this holiday pageant occasionally hints at Thomas’s abiding theme, death.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

They came to the brilliantly lighted façade of a big vaudeville house.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith