How To Use Groundling In A Sentence
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Seated in the theatre's lower gallery, I found myself distracted, not for the first time, by the endless gropings of the groundlings.
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The six-penny spectators, or "groundlings," stood in the yard, or pit, which had neither floor nor roof.
Brief History of English and American Literature
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Has anyone else noticed a lot more groundling crowd noise on The Daily Show and the Colbert Report?
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The six-penny spectators, or "groundlings," stood in the yard or pit, which had neither floor nor roof.
From Chaucer to Tennyson
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In Shakespeare's day the groundlings were a lot more unruly, and you could say that that actress wasn't being sincere or true to her Shakespearean traditions, taking umbrage at a harmless bit of tom foolery that wouldn't have caused Richard Burbage to drop so much as a single iamb from To be, or not to be.
Lance Mannion:
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But this attack is the work of a groundling who does not understand the turns and counter stands of romantic love.
"Like Kafka's 'Metamorphosis' in reverse, the giant, hideous beetle that was the GOP has suddenly been reborn as a vigorous youth...."
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I warmed up my voice shouting in the street before they opened El Museo del Barrio to those of us who had political connections or groundling tickets like me.
Reverend Billy: The Heckler
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The woman in orange shouts at us groundlings.
Times, Sunday Times
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The woman in orange shouts at us groundlings.
Times, Sunday Times
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Groundlings stood in the unroofed yard in the centre of the octagonal playhouse.
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His appeal has been to the few rather than the many, to an audience of scholars and of the judicious rather than to the "groundlings" of the general public.
Initial Studies in American Letters
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The groundlings, to be sure, have a ball, and might like a better production much less.
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Court were known as "groundlings" (jige); the residence of the
A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era
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Yeah the pennywhistle is the worst kind of groundling humor.
Edmond O'Brien
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For a man who has tasted success after nearly a decade in the field, earning the appreciation of the movie-goers, especially the groundlings, is an end in itself.
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He settled himself against the balustrade separating the groundlings from the lower seats and waited.
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On the few occasions when I've seen a movie with the paying public, the experience struck me as a cross between being a groundling at Shakespeare's Globe and being Faye Dunaway at the end of "Bonnie and Clyde.
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Laughs there are aplenty, Sarah Woodward's pantomime depiction of constable Dogberry proving a particular hit with the groundlings.
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Even someone remarking in polite company about somebody who ‘had one of the longest beards I've ever seen’ is given a suggestive pause after longest, eliciting obscene cachinnations from the groundlings.
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‘Maybe to look at their groundlings below and laugh,’ the woman exclaimed with a sneer.
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The social positions of the two groups were even more rigidly differentiated; those of the fifth rank and upwards being termed tenjo-bito, or men having the privilege of entree to the palace and to the Imperial presence; while the lower group (from the sixth downwards) had no such privilege and were consequently termed chige-bito, or groundlings.
A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era
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There were people, crowds of people, clearly visible at the office windows of the upper stories of the casino and cathedral looking out over the crowd: the casino itself might be closed, but either the rest of Billy Fairchild's empire was open for business, or he'd offered it up as a coign of vantage for those interested in seeing the concert but not mingling with the groundlings.
Music to My Sorrow
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Egeon's trial takes place at the front of the stage, with the old man standing among the groundlings defending himself from threatened execution.
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While the groundlings of the Bard's day had to stand, at Prince's Island you can sprawl out on the grass.
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Beside that was a patch of hard-pressed gravel, part of the area where the "groundlings" - theatergoers holding cheap standing-room-only tickets - crowded together to watch plays.
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Having read the book, I know that it's a lot of fun perhaps a bit too bawdy for some, but in a past life I was a groundling.
More Foolish Stuff
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However, plastic macs are on sale at the shop - a comfort that was denied the poor old groundlings of 1599.
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Standing amid the groundlings in front of the stage was a tall, grey, benignly smiling man.
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For one thing, about half the audience at the Globe are groundlings, that is, people standing.
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Almost his only concession to the groundlings is the star-gazing episode of Lady Froth and Brisk: a mistake, because it spoils her inconsequent folly, but a small matter.
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Theatre tickets range from £5 groundlings, to £13 to £25 for seats.
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For that you get to stand in the yard below the stage exposed to the weather - a groundling or stinkard in Elizabethan parlance.
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He disdained the illusion of spontaneity and other tricks to wow groundlings.
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The ecstatic crowds are groundlings, mere extras, reacting on cue.
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Seated in the theatre's lower gallery, I found myself distracted, not for the first time, by the endless gropings of the groundlings.
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The best part of the experience though was its immediacy: in open air, daylight and with the ‘front row’ of groundlings leaning on the stage, there was an easy exchange between actors and audience.
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We are regaled with tales of peregrines hovering over the groundlings at the Globe theatre, peregrines nesting atop the Battersea Power Station.
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The modern-day Globe is located on the south bank of the River Thames a stone's throw from where the original theater used to exist and is built to similar specifications with an open-air stage, standing room in front of the stage for inexpensive "groundling" tickets and a thatched roof over the galleries for those willing to pay more for a seat.
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When he lifts Caesar's wound-ridden body and thrusts it toward the groundlings, the impact is electrifying.
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Exorbitantly priced restaurants, for one week, set up a special menu for us swarthy groundlings.
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The Tempest may be in typically oblique Shakespearian fashion a salute to the groundlings.
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For example, patrons at the Globe Theatre in London - even £5 groundlings - are prohibited from sitting in the aisles.
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In Shakespeare's day the groundlings were a lot more unruly, and you could say that that actress wasn't being sincere or true to her Shakespearean traditions, taking umbrage at a harmless bit of tom foolery that wouldn't have caused Richard Burbage to drop so much as a single iamb from To be, or not to be.
Lance Mannion:
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You cared about Oedipus and Hamlet because they were noble and you were a groundling.
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Also, a limited number of $1 standing or "groundling" tickets will be available at the door 30 minutes prior to each performance.
News for Richmond Times-Dispatch
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The unhappy groundlings rioted; Sedley was fined and briefly imprisoned.
