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stage setting

[ steyj-set-ing ]

/ ˈsteɪdʒ ˌsɛt ɪŋ /

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noun

setting (def. 6).

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Also stage set

[steyj-set] /ˈsteɪdʒ ˌsɛt/ .

Words nearby stage setting

stage manager, stage pocket, stager, stage right, stage screw, stage setting, stagestruck, stage wait, stage whisper, stagey, stagflation

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How to use stage setting in a sentence

The stage setting never varies from a tent-like structure in a desert landscape.
Libya's Explosive Music Revolution|Khaled Mattawa|May 28, 2011|DAILY BEAST
As if to deepen the effect of the weird stage setting, Nature contrived that all the winds which blew here should blow mournfully.
Mystery Ranch|Arthur Chapman
It was as much like musical comedy as any stage setting of war at the Gaiety.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind|Herbert George Wells
It was the stage setting that they wanted for their vaudeville act.
Strange Stories of the Great River|Abbie Johnston Grosvenor

Same stage setting, but the day is cloudy and it is raining outside.
Plays--First Series|August Strindberg
The pupil must always dominate the costume and the entire stage setting or surroundings in order to get the dance over.
The Art of Stage Dancing|Ned Wayburn