How to Use lead-in in a Sentence

lead-in

noun

• His new album, for which this EP is the lead-in, would hearken to the past.
  — Molly Lambert, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
• The lead-in to all of television is now the lead-off for Sunday baseball as well.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 13 May 2024
• Pop singer Gracie Abrams was announced as the lucky lead-in for the biggest tour on the planet.
  — Joe Mutascio, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Aug. 2023
• On the plus side for Fox News, its 9 p.m. show, Hannity, didn’t suffer any with the smaller lead-in.
  — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Apr. 2023
• And the plan for most stations is True Crime News as either a lead-in to or lead-out from the local or network news.
  — Marc Berman, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
• The lead-in time now is longer than ever to get your ducks in a row and material market ready.
  — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Feb. 2023
• Did that seem too abrupt to just drop at the top of a new paragraph with absolutely zero lead-in?
  — Nick Caruso, TVLine, 29 Sep. 2024
• In the first act, the hosts use soul food recipes to introduce a series of soul artists; for example, peach cobbler is the lead-in to the duo Peaches and Herb.
  — Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2023
• If the projections meet the forecast, the April vacations could provide a potent lead-in for the summer.
  — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2024
• The solid performance is thanks in part to a lead-in from an NFL doubleheader.
  — Katie Campione, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2024
• Marathon will have standard cosmetic shop/battle pass stuff in addition to the lead-in price.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
• Psaki, of course, would go on to add an hour in weekday primetime on Monday nights, serving as the lead-in to Rachel Maddow, who continues to host the 9 p.m. hour that evening.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Nov. 2023
• The series will also continue a trend of the Red Sox playing road exhibitions as a lead-in to the season opener.
  — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 9 Dec. 2024
• Pecker's time on the stand was the lead-in to weeks worth of testimony from 18 others before Cohen, their final witness.
  — Graham Kates, CBS News, 30 May 2024
• The event, which aired a day after the final, was greatly aided by having regional NFL broadcasts serving as lead-ins.
  — Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 26 Nov. 2024
• Over the years, networks have used the powerful audience lead-in of the premier NFL event’s 100 million-plus viewers to provide sampling for a new series.
  — Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
• As part of the lead-in to the upcoming season, the NHL Network is ranking the top 50 players in the league, a list compiled by researchers, producers and on-air personalities.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2023
• That will be followed at 6:30 p.m. ET with the awards show lead-in, Countdown to the Oscars, which showcases nominees, presenters and performers.
  — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2023
• Worse, the season premiere of lead-in Name that Tune barely got one million viewers and had a demo rating half of its already meh numbers from January.
  — Vulture, 21 Sep. 2023
• Bradshaw often narrates highlights from other games during halftime and after games, and banters with Menefee and the other hosts throughout the lead-in to the game itself.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2024
• The lead-in to the holidays will be heavy on precipitation for many people as another storm system moves in across the Great Lakes and Northeast regions, bringing rain and snow before Christmas.
  — Doha Madani, NBC News, 22 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Feb 2025