vaudeville
Example Sentences
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He was playing, as they say in vaudeville, to a different "house".
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
Ground-floor tickets generally cost around a dollar, while cheap seats in the upper balconies were usually just a dime, making vaudeville accessible to rich and poor alike.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026
It plays out cheerily as a kind of vaudeville show.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025
His new vaudeville show, “Mister Romantic,” came from a moment of deep reflection.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2025
The three hops of the bunny became three struts of a vaudeville vamp.
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
