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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I think I had auditioned for every single season of “You” and didn’t get it until then.
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2023
She and Trier had kept in touch, and she had auditioned for him for other projects but had never been quite right for a part.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2022
He had auditioned for the RSC before but had failed to impress.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 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
