How to Use showtime in a Sentence

showtime

noun

• Showtime is in five minutes.
• We have five minutes until showtime.
• Doors open a half hour before showtime, so there’s time to look at the light-bites menu and order the one-drink minimum.
  — Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2024
• Stealing away in a toilet stall before showtime, Cooper opens up his phone to check in on his latest victim (about to be his 13th), now facing into the camera and begging for his life.
  — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Aug. 2024
• Find showtimes near you at http://www.fathomevents.com.
  — Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 June 2018
• Leading all the way up to showtime, the two-hour pre-show will begin at 6:00 p.m. EST.
  — Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 24 Nov. 2019
• And sure enough, even on the last show, about four hours to showtime I get hit with the pre-show butterflies.
  — Conrad Sewell, Seventeen, 6 May 2015
• On the movie detail page, users will be able to look up showtimes and buy tickets.
  — Dami Lee, The Verge, 14 Aug. 2019
• Groups of 10 to 20 friends (dressed in pink, of course) scattered in to take their seats just before showtime.
  — People Staff, Peoplemag, 23 July 2023
• The complete lineup and showtimes can be found at kcfilmfest.org.
  — Jon Niccum, kansascity, 9 Apr. 2018
• Seating is first-come, first-served; the line starts one hour before showtime.
  — Lisa Deaderick, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 July 2017
• Doors will open at 8 p.m., with a showtime at 9 p.m. Tickets are $25 in advance.
  — AL.com, 10 July 2017
• The starting showtime is 8 p.m., just as the sun bathes the landscape with its fading, gilded light.
  — Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2023
• As showtime neared, a crowd of nearly 50 people proved him right.
  — Devi Shastri, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 July 2017
• Check out showtimes and tickets at www.3belowtheaters.com.
  — Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2019
• Movies start at dusk, so plan to show up around 8 p.m. to be able to grab a table and settle in before showtime.
  — Shelbie Lynn Bostedt, RedEye Chicago, 2 June 2017
• With minutes left until showtime, the dancers passed around body tape and lash glue, press-on nails and pasties — no one performs in the nude.
  — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2023
• Madison and her mother arrived late to the early showtime at 9 a.m. and had to wait until the 1 p.m. show.
  — Anna Beahm, AL.com, 25 Apr. 2018
• The task at hand: Find a key prop from Oliver’s new show, Death Rattle, that has gone missing in time for showtime.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2023
• An hour and a half before showtime, Bey and Jay were still cutting up vocals.
  — Nolan Feeney, Billboard, 18 June 2018
• When showtime arrived, Van Halen went ahead and did their opening set.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 27 Feb. 2023
• Hold off on consuming any split pea soup ahead of showtime.
  — Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 23 Sep. 2023
• Check Fandango to find a showtime at a theater near you.
  — Ben Flanagan | [e-mail], al, 31 Mar. 2021
• Arrive one hour before showtime for a pre-show party to meet the cast, take selfies and play games.
  — Michelle Matthews | [e-mail], AL.com, 5 Nov. 2017
• Films in this series are shown the first showtime Monday-Friday.
  — Kathleen Christiansen, orlandosentinel.com, 30 June 2021
• If the performance is sold out prior to showtime, a wait list will be started.
  — Staff Report, Houston Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2018
• Nash spoke to Variety from Sellersville, PA, before showtime on the first day of his 2023 tour.
  — A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 13 Apr. 2023
• Names will be drawn in the lobby 90 minutes before showtime.
  — Ellise Pierce, star-telegram, 12 Oct. 2017
• The Mart Café serves food and drinks prior to showtime, including beer for adult movie-goers.
  — Laura Daily and Bryan K. Chavez, The Know, 25 May 2017
• The new film runs for 2 hours and 45 minutes, which is much longer than the typical horror movie and limits the number of showtimes.
  — Ryan Faughnderstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2019

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024