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

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

I got the part and he sent me the DVD of everybody that had auditioned, including mine, which was a weird thing to do, but that’s Paul.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 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