How to Use exposition in a Sentence

exposition

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  • The subject requires some exposition.
  • As in any good farce, the exposition takes less than half a page.
    — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 23 Nov. 2021
  • That’s not for lack of exposition, spoon-fed to us in the later episodes.
    — Sophia Nguyen, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2021
  • The hour had come to repose the Blessed Sacrament, to move it from exposition to rest.
    — New York Times, 26 June 2021
  • For starters: sure, there's a lot less exposition in the film, but there's still way too much left over.
    — Simon Abrams, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Apr. 2018
  • With the help of huge swathes of exposition, For Life rushes through its premise.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Feb. 2020
  • In the first season of The Witcher, much of this is explained in chunks of exposition.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Dec. 2021
  • The list goes on and on, like an opening exposition crawl.
    — Vulture, 24 Sep. 2023
  • Most of the rest are sad solos that are heavy on plot exposition but light on catchy melody.
    — Pam Kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com, 29 Mar. 2018
  • As was the case in the first game, the exposition is mixed seamlessly with gameplay.
    — Benjamin Levin, CNN Underscored, 12 June 2020
  • There’s just not enough stuff to warrant a fourth film, and too much exposition to wrap up in two-and-a-half hours.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2018
  • In lieu of action, this episode saw a lot of exposition.
    — Julie Kosin, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 July 2017
  • The big challenge was to try not to crush the audience at the start with an insane amount of exposition.
    — Mark Olsen Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2021
  • The opera has been trimmed to 90 minutes, with much of its recitative plot exposition trimmed out.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2021
  • But the sled is so weighed down by exposition, not even magic reindeer can get it off the ground.
    — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
  • There is no recap, and nothing in the way of exposition.
    — Matt Alt, The New Yorker, 18 June 2021
  • The pacing of the show is tight, although some moments of exposition can lag.
    — Theodore P. Mahne, NOLA.com, 12 May 2018
  • In premiering with two episodes rather than one, Disney+ gets most of the exposition and set-up out of the way quickly.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2023
  • That scene wasn't about finding a glitzy way to do some exposition.
    — Angela Watercutter, Wired, 29 Jan. 2021
  • Cut out or weave in the opening exposition and get straight to the exciting part.
    — Goldie Chan, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021
  • It's been half a year since the events of the first episode and exposition unfolds swiftly in the opening minutes of tonight's outing.
    — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 29 Aug. 2022
  • The exposition opened in January 1915 and ran for two years.
    — U-T Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The danger of getting bogged down in exposition was all too clear.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2022
  • The script needs a whole lot of exposition, which is sorely lacking.
    — Michael Heaton, cleveland.com, 26 May 2017
  • The problem here is that the show constantly gets bogged down in exposition and filler.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Yes it's bogged down in exposition like the previous two, but there's a knowing wink to it all now.
    — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 17 Dec. 2021
  • But first, there’s a truckload of exposition to get through.
    — Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2022
  • The crimes themselves are sketched in exposition; for years, women in the colony had awakened dazed and bloodied in their beds.
    — Amanda Hess, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2022
  • The book is, at times, breathless in its exposition, and nuance is sometimes lost in the shuffle.
    — David Treuer, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2022
  • There’s a lot of exposition that still has to be presented.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2023

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