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scene - use in sentences
Preposition: of
- devastation: TV reports from Istanbul showed scenes of devastation, with glass filled streets and rubble outside the British Council.
Converse of object
- delete: Fans of the film will be hugely disappointed as deleted scenes are nowhere to be seen.
- depict: The paintings, executed on canvas, depict scenes from the story of Ulysses.
- dominate: From Factory Junction the canal swings sharply under a road bridge and enters a scene dominated by the Beans Foundry ahead of us.
- set: Friday's meeting consisted of setting the scene for the use of Vitamin C in Type 1a.
- shoot: This is Peak Practice Country, the town often having been used to shoot scenes from the ITV television program.
- flee: Quickly pumping five shots into Marshall's body, Wallace fled the scene.
Adjective modifier
- underground: LAS rose through the ranks of the underground hip-hop scene with a distinctively organic vibe that was styled to connect with the common man.
- thriving: For a city of relatively small proportions Oxford has a large and thriving music scene.
- vibrant: Aberdeen, too, is showing signs of an increasingly vibrant arts scene.
Modifies a noun
- footage: This DVD is full of behind the scenes footage which will have not been seen as yet by anyone.
- featurette: Like the previous behind the scenes featurette, this one's rubbish.
- mode: To provide a bit of extra help with picture taking there are a range of scene modes available to you.
Noun used with modifier
- opening: The opening scene for the next James Bond film was shot on the local beach.
- music: Her take on her place in the music scene was what I felt I gained from the exchange.
- crime: The public police will not normally patrol such areas and will only attend if called to a crime scene.
- jazz: Curtis is becoming well known on the West Yorkshire jazz scene.
- nativity: It is also common to see nativity scenes in German homes.
- street: These can present an untidy impression adding to the general " clutter " of the street scene.
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