How to Use moviegoer in a Sentence

moviegoer

noun
  • At the end of the day, Loeb asks moviegoers to see the film and make up their own minds.
    — Sasha Savitsky, Fox News, 1 Aug. 2018
  • Of course, many moviegoers don’t seem to see it that way.
    — Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2024
  • The over-the-top design was meant to evoke a sense of wonder in moviegoers.
    — Dan Austin, Detroit Free Press, 1 Sep. 2017
  • The Love Bug’ to ‘2001,’ [was] taken for granted by moviegoers at the time.
    — Kenneth Turan, latimes.com, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Will moviegoers be daunted by eight hours of John, Paul, George and Ringo on the big screen?
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The classic genre is beloved by film buffs, but isn’t a huge draw for moviegoers.
    — Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024
  • American sports fans, or moviegoers, know that’s not the norm in the US.
    — Alex Ward, Vox, 20 June 2018
  • To complete the film, Souza made small changes to the script so that Hutchins’ death wouldn’t be moviegoers’ focus.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2024
  • In the past, some moviegoers have welcomed singing out loud.
    — Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 19 Nov. 2024
  • There is nary a turn of plot that moviegoers of a certain age won’t be able to predict.
    — Jane Horwitz, kansascity, 12 Apr. 2018
  • To paraphrase a wise man, don’t be too stupid to keep moviegoers from having a good time.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2024
  • There’s a lot more that could be said about the smart way Lobdell plays out the story, but that would be unfair to the moviegoer.
    — Rick Bentley, Detroit Free Press, 12 Oct. 2017
  • In doing so, MoviePass has struck a chord with moviegoers and a nerve with the movie industry.
    — Tali Arbel, Houston Chronicle, 10 Feb. 2018
  • Most moviegoers may never get the chance to see Coyote vs. Acme, but star Will Forte has.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Then screams filled the theater—as moviegoers glimpsed faces and scalps scythed open by shrapnel.
    — Michael Cannell, Smithsonian, 29 Apr. 2017
  • Then screams filled the theater—as moviegoers glimpsed faces and scalps scythed open by shrapnel.
    — Michael Cannell, Smithsonian, 2 May 2017
  • For most moviegoers, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is still a few weeks away from opening in theaters.
    — Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 23 Apr. 2024
  • That’s great for a certain kind of moviegoer, less so for others.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2021
  • To build interest, the studio made sure to market the film to black moviegoers.
    — Ryan Faughnder, ajc, 11 Feb. 2018
  • First Omen hopes to lure younger female moviegoers as well.
    — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Of course, most moviegoers know the MGM lion that was the company’s logo for most of its life.
    — Chris Yogerst, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Apr. 2024
  • For 10 more cents, moviegoers could sit in a lounge in the first five rows, on corduroy-padded recliner seats that swiveled.
    — David Hernandez, sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 Jan. 2018
  • Below, find my full listing of the best that 2017 had to offer moviegoers.
    — Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 28 Dec. 2017
  • Here’s the question, then: Is that review fair to the majority of moviegoers who haven’t read the book?
    — Ty Burr, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2019
  • What many moviegoers may not realize is that the work that goes on behind the scenes can take a year of planning.
    — Laura Castañeda, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2025
  • But moviegoers from a wide range turned out for the first big-screen biopic of the Rastafarian legend.
    — Jake Coyle, Quartz, 18 Feb. 2024
  • And, besides, at the doors on each side were long rows of fleece blankets for moviegoers to take off pegs and cuddle up with during the show.
    — Sam McManis, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Because moviegoers have diverse tastes, the best movies of all time are just as diverse.
    — USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2017
  • The type of moviegoer who leans over to ask their seat mate what’s happening will be lost almost immediately.
    — Katie Rife, IndieWire, 12 Mar. 2025
  • More than half of tickets were sold to families going together and 26% of moviegoers were under 13, according to data firm EntTelligence.
    — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2025

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