offstage

Example Sentences

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Tsuruko, the eldest, stays largely offstage but exerts a crucial, conservative influence on family affairs.

From The Wall Street Journal

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.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

Yeah, the crowd loves it, but I go offstage and I’m not looking for the comments saying, “It was so funny.”

From Los Angeles Times