The second act, unlike the first, is bulletproof from entr'acte to curtain calls. From Wordnik.com. ['Little Mermaid'] Reference
During the entr'acte he stood up and surveyed the house from pit to gallery, as if he wanted to be seen. From Wordnik.com. [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921] Reference
She also disappeared, in the entr'acte, to visit her husband in his dressing room, or so I read in the papers. From Wordnik.com. [The Gielgud-Burton Hamlet: Notes on a First Night] Reference
The overture and the second entr'acte would have been redemanded at a concert, but of course the play was the thing. From Wordnik.com. [Cruel Barbara Allen From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.)] Reference
During an entr'acte some one knocked at the door of her box. From Wordnik.com. [His Excellency the Minister] Reference
"Where on earth did you learn that?" he asked in an entr'acte. From Wordnik.com. [Madcap] Reference
The flowers and the note were delivered in the first entr'acte. From Wordnik.com. [Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California] Reference
But the World Solar Challenge is anything but a comical entr'acte. From Wordnik.com. [AboutMyPlanet.com] Reference
Che tacherai d'arranger un petit entr'acte pour fous être agreaple. From Wordnik.com. [A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium] Reference
When the last entr'acte began Undine stood up, resolved to stay no longer. From Wordnik.com. [The Custom of the Country] Reference
So back they went, furnishing an amusing entr'acte for the impatient audience. From Wordnik.com. [Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch] Reference
During the entr'acte, when the lights went up, he perceived Daubrecq's profile. From Wordnik.com. [The Crystal Stopper] Reference
Vaudrey, looking fatigued and abstracted, sat in his stall during the entr'acte. From Wordnik.com. [His Excellency the Minister] Reference
There's still an entr'acte between his bringing the hot water and my getting up. From Wordnik.com. [Happy-Thought Hall] Reference
Bemis, the cocoanut-buyer, sat through the entr'acte, not accompanying me to the buffet. From Wordnik.com. [Mystic Isles of the South Seas.] Reference
A sigh of relief came with the entr'acte, when all the grown folk flocked to the attached saloon. From Wordnik.com. [Mystic Isles of the South Seas.] Reference
During this, the last entr'acte, Laura remained in the box with Mrs. Cressler, Corthell, and Jadwin. From Wordnik.com. [The Pit] Reference
At last the act ended; the entr'acte elapsed; the play went on again -- and still the seat was empty. From Wordnik.com. [The Fruit of the Tree] Reference
The entr'acte was nearly over when the door opened and two gentlemen stumbled over Mr. Lipscomb's legs. From Wordnik.com. [The Custom of the Country] Reference
The curtain went up, and Emily's contribution to the discussion had to be held over till the entr'acte. From Wordnik.com. [The Unbearable Bassington] Reference
Even the interlude titles - Zwischenspiel, entr'acte, intermezzo - suggest their intermission-like nature. From Wordnik.com. [Opera Today] Reference
The auditorium during the entr'acte was more ceremonious, but not less noisy, than the bar-parlour of the Tiger. From Wordnik.com. [Leonora] Reference
Vronsky, seeing his cousin from his stall in the front row, did not wait till the entr'acte, but went to her box. From Wordnik.com. [Anna Karenina] Reference
At the third entr'acte she turned and said two words: the count left the box, and Marguerite beckoned to me to come to her. From Wordnik.com. [Camille] Reference
During the whole of that entr'acte Kuragin stood with Dolokhov in front of the orchestra partition, looking at the Rostovs 'box. From Wordnik.com. [War and Peace] Reference
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