Communication
carry the room
hold an audience's attention
If someone carries the room, they hold everyone's attention and strongly influence the atmosphere.
Hear it in real life
Was the presentation successful?
Definitely - he carried the room from the first minute.
She carried the room with a funny story about her first job.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: She carried the room's attention with a funny story.
Say: She carried the room with a funny story.
Use "carry the room" as the fixed expression; do not add "attention" between "room" and the rest of the phrase.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
carry the room; carry a room with something
Your turn: say it out loud
She carried the room with a funny story about her first job.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
carry the room
hold an audience's attention
“She carried the room with a funny story about her first job.”
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