Example Sentences

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You have been auditioning and working since you were 9.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

Longtime IOC member Dick Pound weighed in as well, though he might as well have been auditioning to become a Chinese government spokesman when he said everyone in the organization believes Peng is “fine.”

From Washington Times • Dec. 2, 2021

Both of them have been auditioning for the job for months.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 11, 2019

Behind them are several journeymen who have been auditioning for the fifth starting spot.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 24, 2017

You might be on cloud nine, with a big contract or a string of shows, but I’ve also had six-month stretches where I have been auditioning and haven’t got a job.

From The Guardian • Nov. 24, 2015