the big screen
noun phrase
: movies and the movie industry especially when they are being compared to television
She was a star of the big screen.
The television show was adapted for the big screen.
Examples of the big screen in a Sentence
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Your chance to see the adventure and imagination come to life on the big screen is getting closer.
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Sari Hitchins, Parents, 22 May 2024
The movie brings motherhood in all its joyful messiness to the big screen.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 17 May 2024
The journeyman director, who’s most known for Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger, Deep Blue Sea and A Nightmare on Elm Street 4, is back on the big screen with The Strangers: Chapter 1, the first film in a trilogy that he’s already shot across 52 days in Slovakia.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2024
See it all the way it was meant to be viewed, from the big screen.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 2 May 2024
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Sari Hitchins, Parents, 22 May 2024
The movie brings motherhood in all its joyful messiness to the big screen.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 17 May 2024
The journeyman director, who’s most known for Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger, Deep Blue Sea and A Nightmare on Elm Street 4, is back on the big screen with The Strangers: Chapter 1, the first film in a trilogy that he’s already shot across 52 days in Slovakia.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2024
See it all the way it was meant to be viewed, from the big screen.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 2 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for the big screen
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“The big screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20big%20screen. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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