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narration

[na-rey-shuhn] / næˈreɪ ʃən /


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Ms. Dane’s voice, meanwhile, has a raspy, smoky quality that creates a sense of familiarity in her narration.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Travolta’s narration hints at the realizations that come later, when age and education help shine new light onto the shadowy parts of the past.

From Salon Jun. 2, 2026

Mr. Hanks provides introductions and closing comments to each episode; his narration throughout is unobtrusive and very low-key, unlike a few of the experts who populate the space lying between the historical footage and photographs.

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 2026

Netflix said 100 million households watched the series - although those in Spain and Latin America heard narration from Penelope Cruz or Salma Hayek instead of Sir David.

From BBC May 8, 2026

Racing, a sport whose sustained dramatic action was ideally suited to narration, became a staple of the airwave.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

“But the ill-fated ‘Capeman’ strung together musicalized narrations that described entire scenes.

From Los Angeles Times May 25, 2023

That year she was also contacted by an entrepreneur who was working on a start-up called Audm, which offered audio narrations of long-form magazine articles.

From New York Times Jul. 22, 2022

Better yet, fast forward to any of Stevenson’s narrations of Virginia Woolf.

From Seattle Times Jul. 7, 2022

Might one — or both — of these narrations be unreliable?

From Washington Post Oct. 18, 2021

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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