announcer
a person who announces, especially one who introduces programs, presents news items, reads advertisements, and does other similar assignments over radio or television.
Origin of announcer
1Other words from announcer
- pre·an·nounc·er, noun
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How to use announcer in a sentence
Tony Romo and Jim Nantz, the game’s announcers, did not see each other in person this week until they arrived at Raymond James Stadium Sunday afternoon.
Super Bowl highlights: Bucs celebrate championship, Tom Brady wins MVP | Des Bieler, Mark Maske, Chuck Culpepper | February 8, 2021 | Washington PostHe has watched the Chiefs return to the Super Bowl from afar, viewing games with the sound low because he finds the announcers distracting.
His team is going to the Super Bowl. He’s staying on the coronavirus front lines. | Adam Kilgore | February 1, 2021 | Washington PostAlmost out of nowhere, Washington is the league’s best 6-7 team, with announcers gushing over the size and power of its defense.
As praise pours in for Washington football, Ron Rivera needs to mix confidence with caution | Les Carpenter | December 17, 2020 | Washington PostThey rented a high school field for about $450 an hour, hired a public address announcer, brought in a musician to sing the national anthem and packed the stands with hundreds of fans.
Sam Gordon went viral as a football star. Now she’s suing to give more girls a chance to play. | Roman Stubbs | November 11, 2020 | Washington PostNamed after Ben Bentley, the team’s first public relations man and public address announcer, Benny has grown into perhaps the most well-known sports mascot of all time — and certainly the most-followed.
For Aspiring Performers, The NBA Is The Best Place To Be A Mascot | Josh Planos | July 17, 2020 | FiveThirtyEight
“Seth kept the team together, but his constant need to relieve himself kept the team down,” says the announcer.
James Franco and Seth Rogen Get ‘Naked and Afraid’… And It’s Hilarious | Marlow Stern | December 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter the war, he made his mark working as an announcer for comedy and variety TV shows.
Gone are the days when the proper representation of that voice is that of a Disney announcer.
For a President Today, Talkin' Down Is Speaking American | John McWhorter | August 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTUsher: I guess they couldn't find anyone cooler to play a dancer, DJ, and voice of a daily high school announcer.
‘She’s All That' 15th Anniversary: Cast and Crew Reminisce About the Making of the ‘90s Classic | Marlow Stern | January 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe announcer then asked what bills Symms had passed in his eight years of Congress; 15 seconds of silence followed.
Conservative Idaho Congressman Calls For Bipartisanship | Ben Jacobs | July 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTDelancy's hand shot out to the radio switch, cutting off the voice of the announcer.
The voice that had been held rigidly to the usual calm clarity of an official announcer became suddenly high-pitched and vibrant.
Astounding Stories, May, 1931 | VariousHe was in his hotel room at the Mayfair when the announcer chimed, five hours later.
Dead Giveaway | Gordon Randall GarrettIts contribution to Progress consists in its value as an "announcer" of a higher ideal, rather than a higher order.
Sex=The Unknown Quantity | Ali NomadTom muttered, his shoulders drooping as the announcer signed off.
Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X | Victor Appleton
British Dictionary definitions for announcer
/ (əˈnaʊnsə) /
a person who announces, esp one who reads the news, introduces programmes, etc, on radio or television
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