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narration

[na-ray-shuhn] / næˈreɪ ʃən /


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Everything seemed against it, from the heavy narration to the creature’s dark insides and the lead’s isolated gloom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

The wall text for each piece, which also includes a QR code for audio narration, is composed by RM in both languages.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

“What’s a good story if things end up the way they began?” she ponders over the narration in the film’s opening sequence, itself a nod to how the first movie begins.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

But that is the way much of Jordan’s narration reads, a mixture of traumatized testimony, tortured confession and furious screed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Here’s part of the narration for a speech he gave in October 2008, where he went on to outline his “rescue plan” for America’s middle class.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

The chapters alternate between Aubrey’s and Lindsey’s narrations and their voices are so similar that it is easy to mix them up; also, the androgynous character names raise the possibility of gender confusion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Lacey sets the clock for a suspenseful homage to “Stranger Things” and “The Lottery,” with eerie narrations on gender and religion but not much payoff.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2023

Wiking’s narrations are as reassuring and charming as the subjects he explores, making him the perfect ambassador for the much-touted Danish knack for well-being.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2022

His intention is to make the videos more interesting than just narrations paired with videos of a gamer using the interface, he said.

From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2022

He loves Joan Rivers and never misses her annual red-carpet narrations leading up to the Academy Awards telecasts.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove


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