How to Use loudspeaker in a Sentence

loudspeaker

noun
Definition of loudspeakernext
  • To be summoned over the loudspeaker to help him in the bathroom.
    — Deborah Sontag, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The alarm squawks over the loudspeaker at the McCall Smokejumper Base.
    — Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 July 2023
  • But Paul Clement, the lawyer for the coach, said the prayer in the Texas case was made over a loudspeaker and thus was more intrusive.
    — Jeffrey Toobin, CNN, 25 Apr. 2022
  • The Colts' linebacker waved his arms in the air as his name blared over the loudspeaker, running out to the 50-yard line to raucous cheers.
    — Chloe Peterson, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Sep. 2023
  • That's when the cabin crew took to the loudspeaker asking if there were any doctors on board.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 2021
  • His brother spoke to him through a loudspeaker; his father left him a haiku.
    — Dan Piepenbring, The New Yorker, 16 June 2022
  • The loudspeaker of a deputy's SUV blared orders for reporters to disperse.
    — Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Soon after, the mullah, loud and angry, came over the mosque loudspeaker.
    — New York Times, 29 Dec. 2021
  • On the ship that day, more than 10 minutes elapsed before anyone even announced the fire over the ship’s loudspeaker.
    — Megan Rose, ProPublica, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Set atop a metal base, the loudspeaker can have its angle changed by means of four height-adjustable spiked feet.
    — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 28 May 2023
  • The iconic loudspeaker brand has been waking up the neighbors since 1949.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2021
  • Deputies called commands over a loudspeaker for the driver to get out of his vehicle.
    — Susannah Bryan, sun-sentinel.com, 8 Aug. 2021
  • Lines form for lunch, yet a loudspeaker soon says portions have finished.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Outside the court, a middle-aged man held a loudspeaker in one hand and a six-foot photo of an aborted fetus in the other.
    — Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2022
  • When played over a loudspeaker in his neighborhood, no one seemed to notice.
    — Washington Post, 12 May 2022
  • In December, a man entered the mosque and pushed the assistant imam, who was making the call to prayer over a loudspeaker at the time, Uddin said.
    — Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2022
  • Police used a loudspeaker to try to coax out the suspects, telling whoever was inside to come out with their hands raised.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 13 Jan. 2022
  • And then: There was no announcement—no voice over a loudspeaker, no reading of a terse statement.
    — Richard Morgan, Town & Country, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Nearby, a woman announced plans over a loudspeaker for a protest march around the Capitol, which drew cheers on a day when the heat climbed past 100 degrees.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2021
  • None of the clerics at Jaranwala mosques could be reached to confirm the allegation about the loudspeakers.
    — Asim Tanveer and Munir Ahmed, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2023
  • With the first slap of a whale tail on the water, the boat’s onboard naturalist announced over the loudspeaker the appearance of a humpback on the port side.
    — Rachel Walker, Washington Post, 13 May 2022
  • As his first series at home was announced over the loudspeaker, the Coliseum came to life.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2021
  • With every death, the women of the house, in white gloves and veils, ran between the battlefield and the tents emitting wails of sorrow into a loudspeaker.
    — Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Songs by Tupac Shakur played over a loudspeaker as people chatted and ate.
    — Sara Tabin, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 May 2021
  • The row behind me let out an electric squeal, and the driver crackled over the loudspeaker, telling us to wave our acacia around outside the windows.
    — Rowan Moore Gerety, The Atlantic, 18 May 2022
  • The happy winners can be announced, like flight arrivals, over the loudspeaker.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2021
  • In the silence of the empty stadium, the shouts of protesters amplified by a loudspeaker filled the void.
    — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 July 2021
  • The North Vietnamese, on loudspeakers, told the base to surrender or face being overrun.
    — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
  • In the background, a store closure announcement plays over a loudspeaker.
    — Karina Tsui, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2022
  • The pilot’s voice crackled over the plane’s loudspeaker: Nobody could get off the plane, because the Dutch government had put a travel ban on South Africa.
    — Chris Stokel-Walker, Wired, 1 Dec. 2021

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