microphone

Example Sentences

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González put down the microphone and somebody turned down the lights.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

The winners in the live-action short film category had the microphone turned back on after initially being played off the stage.

From Salon • Mar. 16, 2026

Seattle linebacker Ernest Jones IV stepped up to the microphone and with unvarnished vigor defended his quarterback.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

TELLURIDE, Colo.—On a snowy March evening last year, a local official stepped to the microphone to declare that this winter ski paradise was in crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

“T-plus seventy,” Sergei Korolev said into his microphone in the control room.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin