How to Use tripod in a Sentence

tripod

noun
  • And the weekend culminates with the main event: the raising of the tripod on the ice.
    Erin Donaghue, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Think of those three points as the legs on a sturdy tripod.
    John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 12 Nov. 2020
  • Wobbly shooters can get steady with the help of tools like rear bags, bipods, and tripods.
    Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Raines said the rescue required setting up a tripod to hoist the man out of the trench.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 June 2023
  • Two straps deploy to form an X across the front of the pack for securing a tripod.
    James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 6 July 2023
  • The tripod is perfect for a tabletop and can extend to 4.5″ to fit most phones.
    Chris Hachey, BGR, 13 Apr. 2021
  • There were also many, many shots of a drunk man throwing a tripod on the ground, played on loop.
    Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 3 May 2021
  • Set up a tripod and anchor it to the ground with something heavy, like a backpack.
    Malia Wollan, New York Times, 22 June 2021
  • Of course, the Fold can leverage its hinge to act as its own tabletop tripod just as well as the Flip can.
    Mike Feibus, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2022
  • The case not only charges the camera but can double as a tripod.
    Geoffrey Morrison, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2021
  • To capture the best possible video, use a tripod to steady your phone.
    Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2021
  • The projector ships with a tiny tripod and a carry bag.
    Dallas News, 7 July 2022
  • This could be as simple as a tall chair or a counter top, but a tripod would be ideal.
    Chris Velazco, Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Crews rigged ropes to an A-frame tripod and lowered rescuers into the shaft to retrieve the dog.
    Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Pitteloud picked up his camera tripod and ran through the grass to get a better view.
    Christina Larson, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2022
  • In the opening of the teaser, Trainor sets up her phone on a tabletop tripod.
    Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2023
  • LaPierre scrambles to his feet and balances his rifle on the tripod.
    Mike Spies, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Sophia, who has a tripod of wheels where feet might have been, rolled onto the stage in a sparkly party dress.
    Sue Halpern, The New Yorker, 26 July 2023
  • There’s a dingy room near the end of it, empty except for a grungy mattress and a video camera on a tripod.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Of course, this shot could have been much improved with a 'real' camera on a tripod.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 8 Dec. 2023
  • And a mobile phone was mounted on a tripod, recording it all.
    Sara Pagones, NOLA.com, 8 Oct. 2020
  • All of which meant that when the streamer wars picked up at the turn of the decade, Britain became a key territory in which to stake a tripod.
    K.j. Yossman, Variety, 24 Nov. 2021
  • Both versions have a standard tripod mount on the bottom.
    Karen Sullivan -, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Many have a standard 1/4-inch tripod-type mounting hole, and some come with mounting kits, but by no means all of them do.
    Bob Beacham, BestReviews, 21 Oct. 2020
  • Night mode Time-lapse with a tripod to capture videos with longer interval frames.
    Kevin Ambrose, Washington Post, 12 July 2022
  • The tripod and its adjustment features have a big part to play in finding and tracking objects in the night sky.
    Bob Beacham, chicagotribune.com, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Just before the car pulled over, Mr. Henry had rolled down his window halfway and perched his iPhone on the edge of the glass using a small tripod.
    Cade Metz Jason Henry, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2022
  • The tripod socket is in the center of the bottom plate, a better design choice than the offset screw Ricoh uses in the WG-80.
    PCMAG, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Our pros appreciate it can either be mounted to the wall or has the option to come with a tripod.
    Good Housekeeping, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Another tool is the Faro 3-D laser scanner, a device about the size of a cinderblock, mounted on a tripod.
    William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 20 Sep. 2021

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