footlights
Britishplural noun
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lights set in a row along the front of the stage floor and shielded on the audience side
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informal the acting profession; the stage
Vocabulary lists containing footlights
Theater - Introductory
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Theater - Middle School
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Theater - High School
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Example Sentences
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Elsewhere are 11 bedrooms, 8.5 bathrooms, a grand salon, library and theater with original footlights and a bar.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2022
The successful bonding agent has been not church or sports, but theater: Creede is the triumph of the Friday night footlights.
From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2021
With heels stomping and her hair waving, she owns the stage to such a degree that you half expect bank lenders to materialize by the footlights to sign over the deed.
From Washington Times • Mar. 24, 2021
There were also no emergency lights or footlights.
From BBC • Jan. 28, 2020
Now all eyes turned to the footlights, as each dancer came forward to take a bow and bask in the applause.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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