Although it was a short role, he won over the audience.

He paused for a moment, looked out over his audience.

He looked out over the audience until there was again silence.

Fictional or not, the story had power over its audience.

He was staring out over the audience, waiting for Bob.

Looking down over the audience, I went toward the top of the wide central aisle.

"It has the effect of pouring cold water over the audience."

I always felt a certain peace come over the audience.

Jed looked out over his audience for a long moment before going on.

She moved to the edge of the stage, gazing out over her audience.