Cue

//ˈkjuː//

"Cue" in a Sentence (19 examples)

Cue cards are used primarily on television to help the actors remember their lines.

I'll take my cue from you.

The men are smiling on cue.

That's my cue.

Tom's arrival seemed to be the cue for everyone to get up and start talking.

Some blue chalk fell from the tip of the snooker cue on to the green baize.

Tom missed his cue to speak.

Mary missed her cue to speak.

Tom got into a bar fight and used a pool cue as a weapon.

When I cough twice, that's your cue to come into the room.

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"My name is Quinn," said Quinn. "Cue-you-eye-en-en."

This time Cudicini was left helpless when Natcho stepped up to expertly curl the ball into the top corner. That was the cue for further pressure from the Russian side and it took further Cudicini saves to keep the score down.

When my cue comes, call me, and I will answer.

Give them [the servants] their cue to attend in two lines as he leaves the house.

Cue the cameraman, and action!

The episode also opens with an inspired bit of business for Homer, who blithely refuses to acquiesce to an elderly neighbor’s utterly reasonable request that he help make the process of selling her house easier by wearing pants when he gallivants about in front of windows, throw out his impressive collection of rotting Jack-O-Lanterns from previous Halloweens and take out his garbage, as it’s attracting wildlife (cue moose and Northern Exposure theme song).

These techniques can cue an open dialogue with your interviewer.

The teenager, as beloved a full-back as any in these parts since Danny McGrain was tearing it up, cut in, shot and saw his attempt deflected in off Sterling's boot. Cue more pandemonium.

Fat, short, radiant, General Chattesworth—in full, artillery uniform—was there, smiling, and making little speeches to the ladies, and bowing stiffly from his hips upward—his great cue playing all the time up and down his back, and sometimes so near the ground when he stood erect and threw back his head, that Toole, seeing Juno eyeing the appendage rather viciously, thought it prudent to cut her speculations short with a smart kick.

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