understudying
- present participle of understudy.
Example Sentences
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A staple of the D.C. area’s stages since 2015, the 28-year-old actor already knew the part after understudying it for a 2020 production at Toby’s Dinner Theatre in Columbia.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 15, 2023
Now graduated, Shavit-Lonstein works two day jobs while “swinging” — understudying multiple roles — in “Winnie the Pooh” at StoryBook Theater in Kirkland.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2022
It was there where Poitier was given the role of understudying Belafonte in "Days of our Youth."
From Fox News ● Jan. 8, 2022
My fantasy is that the actor I’m understudying books some big Marvel movie.
From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2021
It wasn't hookworm came into the New Orleans stock company where I was understudying leads and getting my chance to play big things.
From The Vertical City by Hurst, Fannie
