audition
noun
a trial hearing given to a singer, actor, or other performer to test suitability for employment, professional training or competition, etc.
had auditioned
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past perfectof audition.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Earlier this year Variety reported that stage actor Tom Francis had auditioned, external for the role.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Arden admitted that he not only saw it but had auditioned for it.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2025
The actress Isabel May had auditioned for that gritty political drama, but her sunny disposition didn’t fit with Sheridan and his co-creator Hugh Dillon’s intentions.
From New York Times ● Dec. 16, 2021
She had auditioned for “Phantom of the Opera” before — for a world tour in 2019 and right before the pandemic — but this time was her time.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 11, 2021
She had auditioned to model children’s clothes, her mother said, and had been preparing for her first photo shoot.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 13, 2020
