Both words in one sentence
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Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more.
Source: Despair Speech - Parodied in the musical version of The Producers, where Max's eleventh-hour solo recaps the entire plot up to that point (including the Intermission in the stage version).
Source: Viewers Are Goldfish -
In Macbeth, "Life is but a walking shadow, a poor player who struts and frets his hour upon the stage..." note 'Shadow' was another way of saying 'actor', as was player'.
Source: Leaning on the Fourth Wall
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Stage and Hour. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hour/stage
Hour & Stage. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hour/stage>.
Stage or Hour. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hour/stage.
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