audience room
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of audience room
First recorded in 1780–90
Example Sentences
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"The moment I've been dreading, as I know a lot of people have," Charles was heard saying to the prime minister as they met in the audience room at Buckingham Palace.
From Reuters • Sep. 9, 2022
We were in a formal audience room in the presidential palace in Tunis around midday on Friday, all crystal sconces and gilt-edged chairs.
From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2021
Not that writer-director David Lowery is unaware of his protagonist’s problematic side: He makes sure to give the audience room for at least a few moments of ambivalence.
From Washington Post • Oct. 2, 2018
Central to this novelistic practice is learning how to leave sufficient space, so as to give your audience room to elaborate.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 12, 2017
The interior would be very grand and imposing, were it not for the gaudy paintings, intended as scriptural illustrations, suspended around the audience room.
From Gleanings by the Way by Clark, John A.
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