How to Use scene in a Sentence

scene

noun
  • Police are now at the scene.
  • The play's opening scene takes place in the courtyard.
  • The actor was nervous about his big scene.
  • Some scenes just don’t add much.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Three of them died at the scene.
    — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • And there was kind of quite a scene.
    — Esme Murphy, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2026
  • These could be scenes from a war zone.
    — Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Quentin went away and rewrote the scene.
    — Jay Glennie, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
  • And then the scene with your ex-wife.
    — Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2025
  • The man died from his wounds at the scene.
    — Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 3 Nov. 2025
  • These scenes have not been seen for some months.
    — Kaya Kaynak, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Dor and Joseph died at the scene.
    — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The killer fled the scene and has not been caught.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The scene was shot at the mansion.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Cal was pronounced dead on the scene.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 7 June 2026
  • She was pronounced dead at the scene.
    — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The two are great scene partners.
    — Grace Byron, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Jones was pronounced dead at the scene.
    — Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Can’t actors say no to some scenes?
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 13 Apr. 2026
  • She was declared dead at the scene.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The man died at the scene, police said.
    — Nick Lentz, CBS News, 3 May 2026
  • The best scene partner and dad in the world.
    — Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The best scene partner and dad in the world.
    — USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
  • He was pronounced dead at the scene.
    — Michelle Cruz, AZCentral.com, 9 Feb. 2026
  • He was pronounced dead at the scene.
    — Shardaa Gray, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • He was pronounced dead at the scene.
    — Austin Turner, CBS News, 28 June 2026
  • They were both pronounced dead at the scene.
    — Austin Turner, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
  • She was pronounced dead at the scene.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
  • She was pronounced dead at the scene.
    — Staff Author, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026
  • She was pronounced dead at the scene.
    — Meredith Kile, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025

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