How to Use on message in a Sentence

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• The furor seen on message boards following that loss was seen by recruits.
  — Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2020
• As president, aides have often worked to keep him on message.
  — Tyler Pager and Matt Viser, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Mar. 2022
• Soon, one of her ever-present staffers reaches for her phone — a signal to get back on message. With a knowing smile and glance my way, Janey cuts herself short.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2021
• Even when asked about the importance of Obama's visit, Warnock stayed on message, focusing on the voters.
  — Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2022
• With a high of 47 degrees, the day became Washington’s coolest this month, and a reminder that even in a winter such as this, not every day will follow the script or stay on message.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2023
• Saban is always on message, and even when wearing a jacket the color of an Easter bunny.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 17 Apr. 2021
• Though the former vice president tried to stay above the fray and on message, the onslaught frustrated and angered Biden, much like the tens of millions of people watching at home.
  — Joey Morona, cleveland, 30 Sep. 2020
• Staying on message During March Madness, there is a rush of stories, profiles and analysis that try to explain why a team goes on a run.
  — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 26 Mar. 2021
• This awards season, Oscar hopefuls need to stay on message, not only that their film is worth seeing, but that moviegoing is fun and rewarding.
  — Tim Gray, Variety, 29 Oct. 2021
• The rapper and singer known simply as Reggie has the kind of mysterious backstory that harkens back to the blog era, when tracks would appear on message boards and take months to be discovered.
  — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2021
• Throughout his run for Virginia governor, Terry McAuliffe has stayed on message.
  — William McGurn, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2021
• Sorry to everyone who posted on message boards about how the casting of Peters opened the door for Magneto and Professor X to pop up in the series finale.
  — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2021
• The best media training will cover how to stay on message and answer questions in a professional and calm manner regardless of the type of interview.
  — Oscar Frazier, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2021
• Across social media and on message boards — and indeed, even before the internet, royal-watchers have gathered to discuss who’s doing what, who’s on the outs, and whose secrets are the juiciest.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024
• Fi was tech-savvy at an early age, too, documenting her discoveries on a website and relying on message boards and strangers for info.
  — Ew Staff, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2024
• Using the alias, Berman also posted fake messages about the biotech firm to investors on message boards to gin up enthusiasm and artificially pump up the company’s stock price.
  — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2024
• The issue escalated on message boards among fans and alums when photos after the loss to Oklahoma showed only quarterback Sam Ehlinger and a few coaches acknowledging the song.
  — Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 15 Oct. 2020
• Premier Li Keqiang began speaking, reading from 5-by-8 cards – as Chinese officials often do to stay on message.
  — Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2020
• Five months into her tenure, with the Covid public health emergency officially over, the C.D.C.’s new leader is relentlessly on message.
  — Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2023
• Psaki, who expects to step down from her high-profile and high-pressure job in about a year, spoke candidly about the effort of keeping on message a president who likes to interact with people, including reporters.
  — Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 7 May 2021
• Allred has experience running in tough campaigns and staying on message, something other statewide Democrats in the state have historically struggled with during their bids.
  — Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 4 May 2023
• Biden, whose verbal missteps and chronic foot-in-mouth disease have been the stuff of legend for much of his political career, has stayed surprisingly on message since moving into the Oval Office in late January.
  — Ryan Sparrow, USA Today, 22 May 2021
• Thousands of posts containing conspiracy theories about the attack were shared on message boards, social media and in comments sections of popular far-right sites, according to data from Pyrra, a company that tracks fringe social media.
  — Stuart A. Thompson, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2022
• And Republicans have largely remained on message, insisting that limiting their constituents’ ability to change their constitution is necessary for the protection of their constituents.
  — Alex Thomas, The New Republic, 9 Aug. 2023
• To find surgeons with the most experience and least complications, potential patients rely on message boards and personal recommendations that amount to informal rankings.
  — Meredith Cohn, baltimoresun.com, 15 Oct. 2020

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024