Example Sentences

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I was 17 years old and I had been auditioning as a teenager in New York for commercials and TV shows.

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2025

And I had been auditioning all my life and I had a Vimeo page, which I think of as like a graveyard of failed auditions.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2023

Up until that moment, Calle only knew that she had been auditioning for an unnamed character on an unspecified Warner Bros. film.

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2023

“We had been auditioning a ton of really fantastic actors for this role” and had a short list of candidates to screen test, said Gamble, the producer in charge of the series.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 6, 2022

I had been auditioning generally to no avail for Nickelodeon and Disney Channel type shows, where I was either too unconventional or untraditional to get any of those jobs.

From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 2021