cue card

Example Sentences

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It was just as well as his last cue card said "She said yes".

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025

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

Two employees told the magazine that they remember witnessing Fallon scold a crew member holding a cue card during an episode that featured Seinfeld — and that the comic told the host to apologize.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2023

He may have had to read a line off a cue card.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2023

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

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