Example sentences for: théâtre

How can you use “théâtre” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Among the entertainments they concocted to cheer up the long cold evenings was a play, Le Théâtre de Neptune.

  • Modern dance is enjoying a revival, with a new wave of small, imaginative companies beginning modestly enough at the Café de la Danse (passage Louis-Philippe) and Théâtre Garnier before reaching the heights of the Théâtre de la Bastille.

  • Their "coup de théâtre" has served as a reminder "that dithering loses to derring-do," the paper said: "This may have been a media-dominated war; but to halt and advance to allow the cameras to catch up is a grotesque irresponsibility."

  • On Boulevard St-Cyrille, the Grand Théâtre de Québec was inaugurated in 1971 as Québec City’s arts center and home of the Québec Symphony Orchestra.

  • British playwright David Hare, criticized in the past for his "preachy politics," is said to have finally found "his way beyond polemic" (John Lahr, The New Yorker ). Hare's new play about a self-centered film critic, his wife, and his mother-in-law is hailed as a "coup de théâtre " (Matt Wolf, Variety ), both for its social critique (of the amorality of the news media) and for its sensitivity "about such personal matters as loss, grief and stoical survival" (Benedict Nightingale, the London Times ). Hare's enthusiasts declare it time for canonization.


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