How to Use photo op in a Sentence

photo op

noun
  • Neither man realized the purpose of the walk was to stage a photo op in front of the church.
    David Martin, CBS News, 6 June 2020
  • The team decided the landscape would make for a nice photo op with Earth up above.
    Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Sprouse made a show of smoking a cigarette for a photo op, as Fournier looked on.
    Leigh Nordstrom, WWD, 11 Sep. 2024
  • The photo op, coupled with the move against protesters, has drawn intense criticism.
    Matt Zapotosky, Anchorage Daily News, 6 June 2020
  • Democrats accused Trump of hurting peaceful protesters for a photo op.
    Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner, 3 June 2020
  • This is one of the premier photo ops in autumn with a wall of brilliant aspens forming a magical backdrop.
    Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 18 Sep. 2024
  • The event features food, photo ops, and the awarding of notable local Hispanics.
    Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 17 Sep. 2024
  • The cynical use of violence, to allow the president to stage a photo op, constitutes a new moral low in a presidency that has not exactly been short of them.
    Hari Kunzru, The New York Review of Books, 4 June 2020
  • And after the speech is finished, the president walks out of the White House to the same area where the protesters had been and stands for photo op in front of the church where the protesters had been.
    CBS News, 7 June 2020
  • Critics would slam both Esper and Milley for their presence at the photo op — especially with Milley in battle fatigues.
    Robert Burns, Anchorage Daily News, 7 June 2020
  • Peaceful protesters on Monday were run out of the park by law enforcement shortly before President Trump walked through the area for a photo op in front of that church.
    Bloomberg.com, 5 June 2020
  • In a city built on photo ops, this was the most prized of all.
    Joe Heim, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The photo ops were free and a chance for the visitors to cool off from the heat.
    Jessica Ma, Sacramento Bee, 20 July 2024
  • William bawled his head off from the moment that the photo op started to the end of it.
    Janaya Wecker, Good Housekeeping, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Teenagers stop here on their way to prom for photo ops.
    Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 19 July 2024
  • But, Santa’s House isn’t just a photo op with the big man in red.
    Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • But before that, there was the photo op, and the fashion.
    Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
  • This a very goofy, silly, fun photo op, and thank you for that.
    Vulture, 3 Apr. 2022
  • Then, browse the murals and photo ops displayed by the entrance.
    Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Have some fun and bring props to the big photo op, like an oversized photo frame.
    Thalia Ortiz, Seventeen, 26 Jan. 2023
  • There was a balloon arch and Southwest staffers dressed as the sun and moon for one last photo op on the way out.
    Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2024
  • The two men did a photo op on a basketball court in Chengdu and went for a stroll.
    Jane Perlez, Foreign Affairs, 5 July 2024
  • Her face was covered for the photo op as her dark tresses hung freely.
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2023
  • At the time of this primary school photo op, the Black Adam star was living in Hawaii and rocked a fitting wardrobe.
    Staff Author Published, Peoplemag, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Meadows addressed the June 1 photo op at length in the previous section of the book.
    Daniel Dale, CNN, 13 Dec. 2021
  • Joining King Charles for the biggest photo op of the day on the palace's balcony was his wife, Queen Camilla.
    Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 15 June 2024
  • Squealing newborn piglets were passed around to hold for photo ops.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
  • While the sign made for a photo op for some, others are petitioning against the use of the slogan.
    Madalyn Mendoza, Chron, 9 Aug. 2021
  • There are numerous spots to stop along the way for short hikes, photo ops or wildlife sightings.
    Joe Yogerst, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
  • There will be free photo ops with Santa, s’mores kits, festive food, and drinks will be sold.
    Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2023

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