How to Use talking head in a Sentence

talking head

noun
  • The debate was followed by hours of talking heads analyzing the candidates' performances.
  • The talking head is Pierre Boulez, the leading modernist of his era.
    David Allen, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The Mooch is a perfect person to play a post-crack-up talking head.
    Rich Cohen, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Apr. 2018
  • No, that’s not some present-day talking head holding forth on Vladimir Putin and Ukraine.
    Ben Yagoda, WSJ, 8 Apr. 2022
  • There will be a pre-game: talking head panelists talking about the wall.
    Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2019
  • What the expert talking heads and the bettors are thinking.
    Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2024
  • Fran Lebowitz and Anna Wintour are among the many talking heads.
    Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times, 4 May 2018
  • John Fox will join the network’s growing pool of NFL talking heads4.
    Charles Curtis, For The Win, 15 May 2018
  • The first of those tweets is a classic move by a partisan talking head.
    Chris Cillizza, CNN, 1 Nov. 2017
  • A decade ago, that move would have been questioned by every talking head in the country.
    Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 21 Sep. 2021
  • There are no extra talking heads or experts in this film.
    Salamishah Tillet, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Apr. 2018
  • The office is lined with screens where your remote colleagues might pop up as talking heads.
    Arielle Pardes, Wired, 24 Feb. 2020
  • But Sharpe is on a slide after being fired from his high-profile job as a TV talking head.
    Tom Nolan, WSJ, 5 June 2020
  • Among those on the shortlist are several talking heads who once called Fox News home.
    Adam K. Raymond, Daily Intelligencer, 3 May 2018
  • Making an appearance were allies from the first game like the talking head Mimir.
    Alyse Stanley, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2021
  • There’s going to be talking heads talking about his game and whatnot.
    Mark Medina, The Mercury News, 12 June 2019
  • No know-it-all talking heads or pompous newspaper guys.
    Paul Jenkins, Alaska Dispatch News, 5 Aug. 2017
  • Fox Business talking head Larry Kudlow was over the moon on Sept. 23.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Docs have hardwired us to expect talking heads, text and graphics.
    Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Fans of the sports talking head couldn’t help but react to the clip, including Sexyy Red, who posted a meme of Sharpe making light of the moment.
    Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 11 Sep. 2024
  • News flash y'all — cutting and pasting a bunch of clips alongside a talking head and slapping on some music does not a doc make.
    Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 16 July 2024
  • Give the video a hero, a central character, not just a talking head spewing data.
    Andrew Weaver, Outside Online, 29 Jan. 2021
  • And much of the film progresses in this manner: no talking heads, little context.
    Chloe Schama, Vogue, 23 Apr. 2018
  • As in her previous films, Simon eschews talking heads for a more fly-on-the-wall approach.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 May 2024
  • But is Dakich a Louisville hater or just a self-promoting talking head with a poor grasp of social media?
    Jeffrey Lee Puckett, The Courier-Journal, 8 Mar. 2018
  • And if that's not enough, there are multiple moments of talking head-style monologues, thanks to the framing device used for the series.
    Rosie Knight, refinery29.com, 14 Dec. 2020
  • While the talking heads will tell you a sixth, seventh and even eighth-place teams from one of the five power conferences, plus the Big East, is a 'Cinderella' choice, don't buy it.
    Elton Alexander, cleveland.com, 17 Jan. 2018
  • The footage-forward/talking head-free approach is a tough one to get exactly right, and Adolphus doesn’t always nail it.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Cowherd has been going in on Mayfield since before time and the talking head was likely working a troll job with this rant on Thursday.
    Andy Nesbitt, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2021
  • The series is not driven by all sorts of celebrity talking heads — there are no actual celebrities at all.
    Laurie Woolever, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2024

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