staged
adjective
adapted for or produced on the stage.
well-staged
-
a word derived from
staged.
Example Sentences
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Our critic called it “a loosely sketched drama told via visually impeccable tableaus and a few flights of well-staged fancy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026
Except for the next well-staged crime prevention announcement.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 8, 2021
Or that “Hotel Mumbai,” a well-staged model of the form, should leave you feeling fidgety and low?
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 15, 2019
Preston has written this page-turner like a political thriller, with urgent dialogue, well-staged scenes, escalating tension and plenty of cliffhangers, especially once the trial begins.
From New York Times ● Oct. 25, 2016
Possibly the firemen would have shouted louder had they been upon the boards, and fainting women, it is generally assumed, give a realistic touch to well-staged melodrama.
From Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir by S. (Sarah) Macnaughtan
