scene-shift

Updated: September 23, 2025

Charlie clung to a stay, one arm over his head, as though dodging a blow. Wilbur gripped the rail with his hands where he stood, his teeth set, his eyes wide, waiting for the foundering of the schooner, his only thought being that the end could not be far. He had heard of the suddenness of tropical squalls, but this had come with the abruptness of a scene-shift at a play.

Frank Norris - Moran of the Lady Letty

'An' this, remarked a Tower private, 'is about our cue to exit, the stage bein' required for a scene-shift by some Bosh bombs, and he disappeared, crawling into a dug-out. During the next ten minutes a couple of dozen bombs came over and burst in and about the British trench and scored three casualties, 'slightly wounded. 'Hi there!

Boyd Cable - Between the Lines