stage direction
noun
: a description (as of a character or setting) or direction (as to indicate stage business) provided in the text of a play
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The killing of Comperatore adds another dead body to the hypothetical stage directions, or else marks things going hideously off-script, still without breaking the surrounding secrecy. —
Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026 Many pages of the novel are made up of this play, that is, of dialogue with stage directions. —Literary Hub, 27 Mar. 2026 Moments before, he’s talked briefly with the gardener, Wally (David Manis), who, according to Rosenblatt’s stage directions, is several years older and one inch taller than Dahl. —Sara Holdren, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026 The readings are done at music stands, scripts in hands with no sets or props and a narrator reading out the stage directions. —Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stage direction
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Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026 Many pages of the novel are made up of this play, that is, of dialogue with stage directions. —Literary Hub, 27 Mar. 2026 Moments before, he’s talked briefly with the gardener, Wally (David Manis), who, according to Rosenblatt’s stage directions, is several years older and one inch taller than Dahl. —Sara Holdren, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026 The readings are done at music stands, scripts in hands with no sets or props and a narrator reading out the stage directions. —Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stage direction
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“Stage direction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/stage%20direction. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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