How to Use microphone in a Sentence

microphone

noun
Definition of microphonenext
  • The board chair will step up to the microphone, and hold up her glass.
    — Roger Valdez, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
  • At the very end of the episode, Meghan and Harry had Archie take a turn on the microphone.
    — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Karen Olvera, one of the midwives, picks up the microphone.
    — Alicia Fàbregas, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Press the microphone's off/on button at the top of the device.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2023
  • The iconography is all there: the smile, the waves of hair, the smile, the microphone and even the butterfly ring.
    — Jason Sheeler, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Open the conversation and tap the microphone on the right side of the text field.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 3 Jan. 2023
  • During the event, Sanders took the microphone and praised Pierce for his new role.
    — Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
  • For Flatland, the loudest cheers of the night came when Butts emerged from the wings with a microphone in hand.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Chappelle asked, putting a microphone to the goat’s mouth.
    — Jordan Hoffman, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2022
  • At one point in the video, Lopez can be seen singing into a microphone.
    — Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 24 July 2024
  • Next, press the microphone icon on the window that appears.
    — Kim Komando, Fox News, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Because the microphone was on, the sound echoed around the theater, which had gone pin-drop silent.
    — Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Not one to leave The Voice coach hanging, Carol picked up her own microphone and sang the rest of the verse with her.
    — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The top has buttons to kill the camera and microphone and to adjust the volume.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Fain grabbed a microphone and jumped onto the bed of a Ram pickup.
    — Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Some of the other folks on this tour were reserved in their approach to the microphone.
    — Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Leaders cut the sound on the video feed and Zephyr remained on the floor holding her microphone.
    — CBS News, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Schiff shucked the microphone and walked off with an impish smile.
    — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Our testers made a phone call to test the microphone and asked the person on the other end of the call how clear their voice sounded.
    — Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 2 Feb. 2023
  • He’s not just the man who has held the public-address microphone for 25 years.
    — Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2022
  • Meghan said in the clip, seated on a couch before a microphone.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 28 Sep. 2022
  • And Banks yelling into a microphone, giving us the blow-by-blow of the attacks.
    — Derek Lawrence, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2023
  • In the new study’s first phase, each subject had their moment in front of the GoPros and microphone.
    — Max G. Levy, WIRED, 6 Oct. 2022
  • One night a woman jumped on stage, grabbed Garza and tried to take the microphone attached to her head, Garza said.
    — Natasha Chen, CNN, 6 Aug. 2022
  • In the video, Kelly grabs on to a zip line with just one hand, microphone in the other, and rides across the stadium crowd.
    — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Friends took to the microphone to remember Smith as a man who was always there for them.
    — Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2023
  • He's always been very quick and has always loved a microphone, from roasts to toasts.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2022
  • During the next few days, Danny, Irene, and Joe read large stacks of books into the microphone.
    — David Owen, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2023
  • At one point, Acosta refused to relinquish the microphone to an aide who tried to retrieve it from him.
    — Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Erivo had three microphones on her: a personal mic on the center of her forehead, another fixed on the brim of her hat and one placed on her costume.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 10 Jan. 2025

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