How to Use casting in a Sentence

casting

noun
  • The workers make metal castings for truck engines.
  • The highs here work because the MCU is a monument to smart casting; there’s warmth amid the chill.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Phoenix did not provide a reason for his departure, but the film's sales hinged on his casting, and his role reportedly could not be recast.
    Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The controversy over Halle Bailey's casting as Ariel is a prime example.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The Hollywood Reporter’s sources confirmed the casting on Monday.
    Jacob Siegal, BGR, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Savage X Fenty, which also makes men's underwear, has been praised in the past for its inclusive sizing and diverse casting.
    Oscar Holland, CNN, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Even the casting of James Corden in the central role of a cuckolded chef resonated differently.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 12 Nov. 2022
  • The Illuminerdi first reported the news of Plaza’s casting.
    Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Nov. 2022
  • After news broke in August that Phoenix had left the project, sources told Variety that the film, which hinged on Phoenix’s casting, was in peril.
    Emiliana Betancourt, Variety, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Carpenter and Heasley are currently finalizing their casting list.
    Tamarra Kemsley, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Oct. 2022
  • What ultimately happened that led to Morrison's casting has yet to be revealed — as are details about whether or not Timberlake had any interest in the role.
    Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2022
  • McVey, 24, first heard about the chance to play the Prince of Wales, 41, via an open casting call.
    Lanford Beard, Peoplemag, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Outside of that, the parts came first and then the casting came about after the fact.
    Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The casting came down to Ryan Reynolds and Bradley Cooper, but the lynchpin was the mask.
    Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 June 2023
  • The castings are not perfect copies of the copies, let alone of the originals.
    Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Rumors have been swirling about the film’s casting since 2019.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The amount of time put into the casting of this series is quite unique.
    Devan Coggan, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2022
  • The casting of Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor, though, carried over.
    Brendan Morrow, The Week, 16 June 2023
  • The casting was revealed at the Cannes Film Festival‘s market.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 May 2024
  • Back in the day there was a lot of pressure on Claflin, who says fans didn't react to his casting very well.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Storer said that once the casting was taken care of, the focus shifted to the episode’s other star: the food.
    Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
  • So, where are the leaders that can produce this casting?
    Caterina Bulgarella, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
  • But much of what works in Love & Death lies in the peripheral casting.
    Chris Vognar, Chron, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Recharge the old potting soil with some worm castings and compost, then use it with new plants.
    Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Both the concept and casting are each more than sufficient to firmly plant this film in the bizarre.
    Colin Scanlon, Redbook, 14 June 2023
  • Preview dates and full casting have yet to be announced.
    Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The first obvious problem with this movie was the casting.
    Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Watch Seyfried discuss the singer's potential casting in the clip above.
    EW.com, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Then Malin came in during an open casting call and read for us.
    Mara Reinstein, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2024
  • But Cage’s casting is important to the film for more than one reason.
    Isaac Butler, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2023

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