cue card

Example Sentences

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We're shown the cue card hub backstage, which has been set up by Wally Feresten, a legend in the business who has worked on SNL for more than 30 years.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Magill even released a video in which she looked like a hostage being forced to mouth words from a cue card.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 11, 2023

Forced to stay, he displayed his typical incompetence, mistakenly reading the entirety of a cue card aloud on the air: "We'll stay on the air until a winner is declared. Take off glasses, look concerned."

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2023

Foiled once when Lonnie Walker IV missed a potential game-tying three-point shot with 2.8 seconds left in regulation, Ham circled back with another choice that probably wouldn’t have been on his cue card.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2022

Ms. Whitlock exclaimed like she was reading it off a cue card.

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds