How to Use videotape in a Sentence

videotape

1 of 2 noun
  • I watched the movie on videotape.
  • The killer was greeted by the doorman and caught on videotape.
    — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
  • Shader can be seen on videotape from last month throwing the weapon.
    — Andrew Mark Miller, Washington Examiner, 7 July 2020
  • The Tsunami showed up at the Coach’s home and was shown the videotape.
    — Jake Adelstein, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Inside the video camera -- was a videotape.
    — Gail Zimmerman, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Tap or click here for a step-by-step guide to preserving your old photos and videotapes.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2019
  • Mostly videotapes of shows, but also albums and books.
    — Touré, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The videotape of surviving such a tragedy brought tears to many in attendance.
    — cleveland, 2 Nov. 2020
  • But their version of the truth does not match what the world saw on a videotape released by an attorney.
    — Byron McCauley, Cincinnati.com, 12 May 2020
  • That means media cannot record, videotape of photograph him in the courthouse.
    — Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 28 Oct. 2022
  • With each year that goes by, your videotape collection degrades a little more.
    — Dave Johnson, Forbes, 21 May 2021
  • Then these first three episodes are whiplash with them back in college, leading up to this videotape recording in episode three.
    — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Pearl was abducted, held for nine days and then beheaded on videotape.
    — Emily Langer, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2021
  • Even then, the process was far more complicated for users than videotape recording.
    — Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy, The Conversation, 22 May 2026
  • Even then, the process was far more complicated for users than videotape recording.
    — Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy, Fortune, 25 May 2026
  • At the very least, the milestone evokes memories of a night and an era now fading from fuzzy, color videotape.
    — Joe Lapointe, Detroit Free Press, 12 July 2019
  • Moss’s mother, who worked with her on election night, testified on videotape about the impact on her.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2022
  • The soft pink hue of aged videotape appears over Monk’s image, like the flag of a new nation under jazz.
    — Harmony Holiday, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Choppy black-and-white films and yellowed ABC videotape were tougher to find then.
    — Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 May 2022
  • Holliday loaned the videotape to a local news station, and a clip of it was quickly seen all over the world.
    — Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2022
  • And then do burglaries on videotape, making very little effort to hide, other than putting a mask on part of your face?
    — Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2021
  • The videotape of the beating was horrific, no matter the race of the officers or the victim.
    — Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2023
  • There’s a videotape of a memorial award show from the gay adult industry in the early ’90s.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The family has a videotape; Inger Williams went back this week to watch her father’s retelling.
    — Arielle Kass, ajc, 25 June 2021
  • Prosecutors during that trial said that the victim was fourteen at the time the videotape was made.
    — Jim Derogatis, The New Yorker, 12 July 2019
  • Dennis is retired from a union job as a videotape operator and Kathleen stayed home to raise their kids.
    — Jenny Vrentas Morgan Lieberman, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2022
  • None of Phillips’ account was accurate, according to the videotape, the suit says.
    — oregonlive, 26 Apr. 2021
  • The officer went to the motel to view the security videotape.
    — cleveland, 10 June 2022
  • Make sure that many of the tributes are on videotape and that Rob Schneider is featured prominently.
    — Conan O'Brien, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2022
  • McDaniel said one of the top items on his to-do list was watching as much videotape of Herbert as possible.
    — Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 27 Jan. 2026

videotape

2 of 2 verb
  • They videotaped the baby's first steps.
  • Wilson could be seen laughing and videotaping the skit on her phone.
    — Juliet Pennington, Peoplemag, 26 May 2023
  • Williams is seen videotaping the incident as well, with a phone in one hand.
    — Nashelly Chavez, sacbee, 9 May 2018
  • Brown videotaped the encounter in which the agents used a battering ram to pop the door open.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Larson’s meetings with the agent were recorded and videotaped.
    — oregonlive.com, 26 Aug. 2019
  • My initial reaction was to videotape them and get some footage, just because.
    — Lucy Diavolo, Teen Vogue, 24 Apr. 2019
  • In the video, a female flight attendant tells her to stop videotaping.
    — Derek Hall, azcentral, 18 Mar. 2018
  • People follow foster youth around in stores and videotape them on the street, foster care providers say.
    — Abigail Kramer, ProPublica, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Woodward videotaped Lee’s encounter while standing on a bluff high above the scene.
    — Susanne Rust, Anchorage Daily News, 12 July 2023
  • The onlookers were trying to get close to the young woman to videotape her and take photos.
    — Rebecca Boone, USA TODAY, 5 May 2021
  • The women allege that the couple then used secret spy cameras to videotape them.
    — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 16 Nov. 2021
  • Diggs caused a stir during the spring when he was videotaped on a boat handing out a pink substance in baggies.
    — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Finally, she was asked to be videotaped signing an agreement in order to leave.
    — Tony Ortega, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The post also contains a video of Maui running around as the actress videotapes her and laughs along.
    — Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, 21 June 2019
  • Taking a cell phone out and videotaping what's going on is not enforcement.
    — CBS News, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Father and son would always get haircuts the same time, and Williams would videotape the visits.
    — Rosemary Sobol, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Keary and Zola were videotaped in their home, then flown to Nashville to talk to Paslay.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2019
  • Flores videotaped the arrest of his wife, who was heard screaming while agents handcuffed her behind her back while on her knees.
    — Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The line-up is posted daily backstage, and each performance is videotaped.
    — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 6 June 2019
  • The killer, Steve Stephens, videotaped the crime, and posted the footage to Facebook.
    — Mary Kilpatrick, cleveland, 31 Dec. 2019
  • One of my guests, to my dismay, videotaped him without his or my knowledge or prior permission.
    — Ask Amy, oregonlive, 24 Sep. 2019
  • From her hospital bed, in a soft voice, Isabella videotaped a message for the singer.
    — Karina Bland, azcentral, 2 May 2018
  • After many nights spent in the desert, Clark and colleagues videotaped 32 strikes from 13 snakes.
    — Jason Bittel, National Geographic, 5 Apr. 2019
  • After the attack, he was videotaped sitting cross-legged on the sidewalk, covered in blood and holding the golf club in one hand.
    — Kc Baker, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Participants will videotape their best marching, dancing or singing and add it to the lineup that will be streamed for viewers.
    — oregonlive, 1 June 2021
  • Police videotaped the funeral but never identified a suspect and the case went cold for decades.
    — Mike Toole, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • The sponsor of the event videotaped the presentation and uploaded the video to the internet.
    — oregonlive.com, 27 June 2019
  • His July testimony will be videotaped and under oath.
    — Graham Kates, CBS News, 26 June 2026
  • Upon her release, Sibil began to videotape herself and their six children, all sons, in an act of devotion and faith.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2020
  • Nicole didn’t have the heart to tell them that the imposter might have, at least in some cases, videotaped their husbands in compromising positions.
    — Scott Johnson, Rolling Stone, 19 June 2023

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