How to Use narration in a Sentence

narration

noun
  • They got a famous actor to do the narration for the documentary.
  • The novel uses first-person narration.
  • And the narration, the voice-over, is from his book on Spinoza.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
  • And while the narration is overused, the unnamed voice does get in some good cracks.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 June 2024
  • There are many times where the songs can hamper the film’s narration.
    — Simon Abrams, The New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Her narration never stays in the same place — or even the same brain — for too long.
    — Claire Luchette, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The trailer is full of blood, guns and badass narration.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 4 Mar. 2025
  • The narration is written in rhyme, meant to evoke rap lyrics.
    — Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 July 2022
  • The narration enlivens the book, and one is grateful for the steady beat of humor.
    — James Wood, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2021
  • Sometimes the type doesn’t match the narration, but that’s a quibble.
    — Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 21 Aug. 2020
  • Tough times call for a tough hero who isn’t afraid of a ridiculous amount of voiceover narration.
    — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 19 Aug. 2021
  • Last Dance, from the British narration to the wealthy benefactor.
    — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Rock provides narration, as the adult version of the boy.
    — Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 2 Oct. 2020
  • This allowed the game to even frame death as simply the prince botching the narration.
    — Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2020
  • In a few of these, her presence was still felt through voiceover narration.
    — Jane Lacroix, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • In a few of these, her presence was still felt through voiceover narration.
    — Jane Lacroix, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Much of the narration is from van Gogh’s letters to his brother, Theo.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 20 Jan. 2024
  • As the murder mystery assumes a #MeToo shape, the tone of the narration sharpens.
    — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Hyperbole alert: The narration slipped up toward the end of the episode.
    — Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Her narration stays close to their minds, which are about as free of sin as this story is of irony.
    — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Most dazzling to me is how hospitable the narration is.
    — Amal El-Mohtar, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The best place to advertise your voice-over/narration skills is Fiverr.
    — Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Obama and Heughan won for their narration of their own works.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 5 Mar. 2022
  • There’s no narration in the movie, shot in Texas and Tennessee.
    — Jim Kiest, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Feb. 2021
  • The song, released in 2017, includes a remix of a hadith narration about the end of times and judgment day.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 6 Oct. 2020
  • The narration was written by Kilmer and recorded by his son, Jack Kilmer.
    — Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
  • His work began with one trolley and one tour, a 45-minute narration of scenery.
    — Mary Bergin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2021
  • Even so, the book's narration is written as a series of letters from Ivy to her lover.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 17 June 2022
  • The result is a slanted narration that’s intended for an audience of one, and maybe to the daughter who’ll someday inherit the tapes.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Patrick Gibson plays Dexter in that series, with Hall providing voiceover narration as Dexter’s inner monologue.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 2 Apr. 2025

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