How to Use television in a Sentence

television

noun
  • The Golden Globes is the largest award show in the world to celebrate the best of both film and television.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Trump watched these events on television at the White House with scant sense of alarm.
    David Remnick, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2022
  • While both are still up, AdAge said that plans for a television run have been ditched.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2024
  • Based on the classic television series of the same name.
    Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2023
  • There’s a bit of irony to this tale of making a television series.
    Dana Feldman, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
  • The series marks the latest in a string of television projects for McCarthy.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 5 Sep. 2024
  • The crowd appears light on television for the midweek 9 p.m. ET tip-off.
    Mike Rodak | Mrodak@al.com, al, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Thanks to him, New York City will continue to be the place to film, produce and make television and movies for years to come.
    Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The message promised new music as well as movies and television projects.
    Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The project is the flagship of their new focus on indie television in response to the decline of Peak TV.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 13 Aug. 2024
  • The trial is being livestreamed and shown on television.
    Jeffrey Collins, ajc, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Hancock wishes more of them did not have to watch on television.
    Nathan Baird, cleveland, 19 Dec. 2022
  • That year, the special didn’t air on television, prompting a backlash from long-time fans.
    Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Those who can’t attend games can find them on television.
    Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2024
  • Swen aspires to a long New York run and is pitching a television special.
    Zachary Pincus-Roth, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2022
  • The moment was broadcast on television and led to four reunions.
    Rael Ombuor, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The crew member says these incidents were filmed but didn’t air on television.
    Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Humphries jumped in to assist with the search, but that didn’t bring any solace to the television personality.
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The once-avid outdoorsman spends most days sitting in the kitchenette, the space heater on full blast, watching hunting shows on a 16-inch television.
    Patrick Lohmann, ProPublica, 24 Apr. 2023
  • We like Fubo, which offers more than 200 live television channels as part of its base package.
    Tim Chan, Variety, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Trump kept a light schedule in the final days of the race compared to Haley, who outpaced him with more than 40 events and flooded the airways with television ads.
    Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The statement was broadcast on Afghanistan's state radio and television networks in March.
    Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 9 May 2024
  • While other platforms have to make new content to fill their libraries, Prime Video has the unique trait of access to tons of television shows and movies that aren't native to the platform.
    Milan Polk, Men's Health, 31 July 2023
  • Up in the main salon, the space is designed for kicking back, relaxing, and watching television.
    Howard Walker, Robb Report, 17 Nov. 2023
  • On the other side of the television screen, a young Flavio Gallo-Cardozo watched intently.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2024
  • This might be where the television medium exceeds the power of orthodoxy to marshal it.
    Kathryn Reklis, CNN, 7 Apr. 2023
  • This year there were a bevy of notable moments in which costume design took center stage on television shows.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 22 Dec. 2023
  • On October 11th, a nineteen-year-old Ben-Gvir appeared on television, wearing a pale-blue T-shirt, with his arm in a sling.
    Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
  • All rooms and suites come with flatscreen televisions and WiFi, and to elevate the experience, book one with a fireplace or private outdoor space.
    Catherine Garcia, theweek, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Portnoy posted a video Sunday on X that included a compilation of Harris speaking on television.
    Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Oct. 2024

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