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offstage

[ UK /ˈɒfste‍ɪd‍ʒ/ ]
[ US /ˈɔfˈsteɪdʒ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. concealed from public view or attention
    offstage political meetings
  2. situated or taking place in the area of a stage not visible to the audience
    offstage noises
ADVERB
  1. behind the scenes; not on stage
    the actors were waiting offstage
  2. not in public
    the deal was done offstage
NOUN
  1. a stage area out of sight of the audience

How To Use offstage In A Sentence

  • Assertion: Michelle Obama's affectionate fist bump with her husband as they walked offstage was a "terrorist fist jab" (in the words of Fox anchorperson E.D. Hill). Robert Koehler: The Shadow Platform
  • The only smoke that will fill their meeting rooms will be the smoke of incense and, offstage, choirs of maidens will sing sweet and low. Times, Sunday Times
  • And the ragged offstage chorus needed work. Times, Sunday Times
  • Upon hearing that he had been marked down for wandering, Levrone fumed, ‘I didn't know you could be marked down for walking offstage.
  • For the dream sequences, the four hang from bars offstage and balance pillows under their spotlit heads so they seem to be horizontal.
  • She's one of Woody's great creations, a larger than life figure who is compelled to transform every moment of her offstage life into a drama worthy of the hammiest theater. Archive 2008-06-01
  • Everyone else seems to be waiting for an offstage cue before they perform, as if unsure of what to do or say next.
  • Although his Ride is confined to offstage environs, it is described in living color by the clown Biondello, affording both on- and off-stage audiences a glimpse of Petruchio's future with a curst wife.
  • The other attempts too place "offstage", but because of the problems within the Alliance, the plans didn't go as smoothly as they should have - hence the lack of success. Q & A
  • Though best known for the funny and outspoken roles that she plays on screen, offstage she is shy and rather serious.
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