How to Use screen in a Sentence

screen

1 of 2 noun
  • Don't sit too close to the screen or you'll get a headache.
  • A pop-up ad appeared on the screen.
  • When I go to the movies, I like to sit close to the screen.
  • Clogs the filter screen around the pump in the first tank.
    Rachel Kurzius, Washington Post, 25 May 2023
  • At the end of the 75-minute episode, a message flashed on the screen.
    Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 8 June 2023
  • Dozens of riders — too many to count on the screen — have dropped to the floor.
    Michael Wilson, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2024
  • The film marks the first time Gang and Park have shared the screen together.
    Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 June 2023
  • Simply click the banner at the top of the screen to get started.
    Samantha Jones, Good Housekeeping, 15 June 2023
  • Ferrera has starred in projects on screens big and small.
    Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The stories were first adapted to the screen with a live-action movie of the same name in 2010.
    Amy Amatangelo, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2023
  • In the same screen, scroll down to More and click Past Transactions.
    Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Stanfield will be the voice of Cole, helping to bring his words to life on screen.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Thin bezel wraps around the top and sides of the screen but thickens up a bit below the display.
    PCMAG, 11 Apr. 2024
  • And for those times when kids are on screens, make sure to pack car chargers.
    Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Sánchez’s drums will be set up to the immediate right of the screen on which the film is shown.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Since an early age, Luxy has loved the art of the screen, both in front of and behind the camera.
    Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2024
  • Esmail spoke with Rolling Stone about bringing a book to the screen, end times, and the Friends theme song.
    Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2023
  • She was fixated on the phone, the world around her reduced to a tiny screen.
    Timothy McLaughlin, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The video then cuts to Stamos and his son, who ran on screen and tumbled with his dad in the grass.
    Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Ghastly images soon spread from the tiny village to screens around the world.
    Eric Nagourney, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2023
  • In the three-minute clip, Johnson speaks to fans while flashbacks of the group on tour and the band today flash across the screen.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2023
  • Samsung shaved down the bezels on the screen to make this possible.
    Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Swift then appeared in a video on a giant screen on stage.
    Anna Chan, Billboard, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The concept of showing both sides — all my life, my side was never on the screen.
    Matthew Jacobs, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The panel bends five times with the curvature of the wall, and four screens can be seen on each panel.
    cleveland, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The birds also tended to drag their tongues across the screen in a licking motion.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Mar. 2024
  • In the shade of a coconut palm, Chandrika tilts her smartphone screen to avoid the sun’s glare.
    Time, 27 July 2023
  • Over the weekend, the film surpassed $100 million from Imax screens alone, the seventh-fastest film to reach the milestone.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 17 Mar. 2024
  • The pinch gesture was also used for grabbing and moving around apps on the screen.
    Brian X. Chen, New York Times, 6 June 2023
  • Each parrot popped virtual balloons by using its tongue and beak, with eyes often very close to the screen.
    Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
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screen

2 of 2 verb
  • We screen the kids' music so that we can approve what they listen to.
  • We'll be screening his latest film in two weeks.
  • A committee will screen candidates for the job, but the final hiring decision will be made by Ms. Brown.
  • There is one place where the film has not screened yet.
    John Bleasdale, Variety, 18 Dec. 2023
  • It will be screened again at 7 p.m. Feb. 22 at the Gem Theater.
    J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The film will screen before La Chimera and Pictures of Ghosts.
    Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The first two parts will screen both at the festival and online.
    Evan Minsker, Pitchfork, 6 Dec. 2023
  • In the fall of 2019, the film was screened at the National Archives for Thomas and his friends and allies.
    Shawn Boburg, Emma Brown, Ann E. Marimow, Anchorage Daily News, 21 July 2023
  • Cusack screened the film and had a Q&A at the Riverside Theater in 2018.
    Nathaniel Rosenberg, Journal Sentinel, 7 June 2023
  • Video artist Bill Viola was in town and screened one of his works.
    Sharon Mizota, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2023
  • How should dense breasts be screened for breast cancer?
    Dominique Fluker, Essence, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Each state sets its own list of diseases for which newborns are screened, so the lists vary.
    Aria Bendix, NBC News, 17 June 2023
  • And only around 1% to 2% of women who get screened end up needing a biopsy, Freer said.
    Aria Bendix, NBC News, 9 May 2023
  • Bam Adebayo screened Jaylen Brown at the free throw line and stood there as Tatum ran past him for the potential putback.
    Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2023
  • Blankets should be carried over the shoulder to be screened more quickly.
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Bobrovsky was screened by his defenseman, Casey Fitzgerald, on the third goal.
    Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 6 June 2023
  • Scorsese and the Vatican made up with 2016’s Silence, which was screened at the Vatican that year.
    Vulture, 29 May 2023
  • Will boats be screened on the Milwaukee River through downtown?
    Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2024
  • So, now, the new task force recommendations has changed from screening at age 50 to age 40.
    Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 9 May 2023
  • The version that screened at CinemaCon in April ended abruptly, with a chunk of the final scene missing.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 3 June 2023
  • Currently on Tour in Australia, the film will screen at festivals and special events through the spring and summer.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Pubs and fan zone areas screening the final have quickly sold out.
    Karla Adam, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Next, the passenger walks into a station where their body is screened for any type of metal or objects.
    Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The film will screen at Unnamed Footage Festival on March 29, with a full release planned for sometime in the following months.
    Jack Dunn, Variety, 25 Mar. 2024
  • One bank had used their tool to screen attendees for a shareholder meeting.
    Kashmir Hill, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2023
  • The studio then screened the movie at San Diego Comic-Con to generate hype ahead of opening weekend.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 8 Aug. 2023
  • While a fence could do the trick to screen a view or keep neighbors from looking in, a living wall of privacy trees is far prettier!
    Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 8 Apr. 2023
  • In the demo screened by Huang, WPP had created realistic footage of a car driving through a desert.
    Hanna Ziady, CNN, 29 May 2023
  • There would be cozy nights by the fireplaces, quiet morning walks through the gardens, and nights spent screening my favorite shows in the cinema.
    Rachel Dube, Robb Report, 19 Mar. 2024
  • But the number of people screened remains a small fraction of the number who cross the border illegally.
    Nick Miroff, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2024

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