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[ UK /bˈækdɹɒp/ ]
[ US /ˈbækˌdɹɑp/ ]
NOUN
  1. scenery hung at back of stage

How To Use backdrop In A Sentence

  • The presidential election will be conducted against a backdrop of seismic political and economic turmoil. Times, Sunday Times
  • Additional options include erecting a sizable ornamental canopy or baldachin over the tabernacle, or setting the tabernacle within the apsidal wall or against the backdrop of a decorated reredos. Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend: "Concerning the Central Placement and Noble Design of Tabernacles..."
  • The dark foliage makes a bold backdrop throughout summer and turns bright red in autumn. Times, Sunday Times
  • The concert footage, captured in color, is bright and brassy, and even with all the fancy lighting and video backdrops, the transfer never resorts to flaring or bleeding.
  • What they are probably thinking is that the imaginary line mentioned above from the earth to the sun sweeps out a full circle in one year; this is called a sidereal year: the time it takes for the sun to appear in the same place against the backdrop of the fixed stars. A Great Leap…Forward?
  • It is against this backdrop of an already emerging consensus that we must evaluate the famous anecdote retailed by Jefferson about the dinner bargain that set the capital on the Potomac.
  • The terraced waterfalls are picturesque against the backdrop of high, green mountains.
  • It is a love story set against a backdrop of rural Irish life.
  • The atmosphere is decidedly creepy as the increasingly inventive deaths take place against a backdrop of innocent carols, glittering tinsel and good cheer. The Sun
  • White stuff glistening in brilliant sunshine against a backdrop of blue. Times, Sunday Times
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