How to Use small screen in a Sentence

small screen

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  • First-timers were also honored for their achievements on the small screen.
    — Vritti Rashi Goel, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Trump could tweet on his smartphone’s small screen and see his words scrolling on a flat screen minutes later.
    — Owen Thomas, SFChronicle.com, 9 Jan. 2021
  • Along with the small screen stars, other A-listers had their thoughts about the halftime show.
    — Tomás Mier, PEOPLE.com, 7 Feb. 2021
  • Dallas looked good in a montage on the small screen, but the reality?
    — Mark Lamster, Dallas News, 18 Dec. 2020
  • Yet, not long ago, Black folks used to run to the television set to spot a glowing brown face on the small screen.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Essence, 22 Feb. 2021
  • Bringing a live ballet experience to the small screen is a tall order.
    — Robert Greskovic, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2020
  • And writer Gaiman is thrilled that his story is finally coming to the small screen.
    — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 28 Jan. 2021
  • Because 2021 is going to be explosive on the small screen.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 16 Jan. 2021
  • Anna Paquin and husband Stephen Moyer may appear on the small screen together again.
    — Rosy Cordero, EW.com, 22 Jan. 2021
  • If the streamer really wants in on the world of wizardry and witchcraft, there are plenty of other magical stories that are waiting to be told on the small screen.
    — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 25 Jan. 2021
  • Seen again on the small screen, the film looks a little seedier, and the precise balance that the actor found between fraudulence and bonhomie—truth or dare, so to speak—is lost.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2020
  • The Emmy winning host dresses with a dramatic flair rarely seen on the small screen, where the standard has long been a subdued wardrobe that doesn’t distract from breaking news.
    — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2020
  • Almost everything on the small screen this year was made well before the disease was public and raging, and yet coronavirus intruded on the consciousness nonetheless.
    — John Anderson, WSJ, 12 Dec. 2020
  • Yoona has not appeared on the small screen since The King In Love in 2017.
    — Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne will soon be back on the small screen.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The coming year is shaping up to be a big one for the small screen.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 27 Dec. 2021
  • The tale of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in 1881 has been told many times on both the big and small screen.
    — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Keanu Reeves' dabble on the small screen was short-lived.
    — Glenn Garner, Peoplemag, 9 Oct. 2022
  • Megan could soon have her own series on the small screen, too.
    — Chris Gardner, Billboard, 24 Feb. 2022
  • The adolescent lives of twins Tegan and Sara are headed to the small screen.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Gamers can finally see how The Last of Us plays out on the small screen.
    — Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Jan. 2023
  • When not showing nav bits, the small screen displays the time.
    — Bill Roberson, Forbes, 20 May 2021
  • The Hair Tales brings the essential, healing space of a salon to the small screen.
    — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Oct. 2022
  • This summer, there is plenty to watch on the big and small screen.
    — New York Times, 27 Aug. 2021
  • Lizzo's bringing her search for plus-size dancers to the small screen.
    — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Feb. 2022
  • Fans of the silver and small screen have plenty of on-sale Funko Pops to scroll through.
    — Melissa Epifano, EW.com, 25 Sep. 2023
  • So, what and who are people watching on the small screen?
    — Dr. Darnell Hunt and Dr. Ana-Christina Ramón, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2021
  • The small screen has rarely lacked for dramas and comedies about high school.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 17 Nov. 2021
  • This comes as Disney has introduced countless new characters in spinoffs, sequels and TV series that have graced the big and small screen.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 12 Nov. 2023
  • In the February video, Ramer repeatedly pointed to a small screen for signs of Charlotte's offspring.
    — Bill Chappell, NPR, 4 June 2024

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