How to Use teleprompter in a Sentence

teleprompter

noun
Definition of teleprompternext
  • The joke wasn’t on the teleprompter, and what Will did was not OK.
    — Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Oh, and by the way, this year the teleprompter did indeed go out.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 13 Mar. 2023
  • In that speech, the president read from a teleprompter.
    — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 23 Aug. 2017
  • Even then, Beamer strove to report the news, not just read it off the teleprompter.
    — René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Mar. 2021
  • And not knowing French and not being able to have a teleprompter was hard.
    — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 16 Dec. 2021
  • No teleprompter, none of the energy that comes from being in the room.
    — Karl Rove, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2022
  • But neither of those men will be behind the teleprompter this week.
    — Erin Mershon, STAT, 7 May 2018
  • Burton brought him by eight years ago for a visit and gave him a chance to read off the teleprompter.
    — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2022
  • Alex’s teleprompter shows his English script rolling through its screen.
    — Jingnan Peng, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2020
  • Palin spent her first week reading from a teleprompter and avoiding...
    — Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Nightly News’ without a teleprompter and just notes off an iPad.
    — Sarah Ellison, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2019
  • And when the anchor reads the teleprompter unmasked, everyone else has to clear out.
    — Nanette Asimov, SFChronicle.com, 9 Oct. 2020
  • The President appeared to rarely veer from the teleprompter script in his remarks.
    — Alex Prewitt, SI.com, 10 Oct. 2017
  • Kotb, 59, revealed that before the kids made their TV debut, they were given the chance to read off the teleprompter.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2024
  • In the past year, Biden has almost never appeared in public without the use of the teleprompter.
    — Josh Dawsey, Washington Post, 4 July 2024
  • Rare is the bout with the teleprompter from which Biden emerges victorious — and this one will be on in primetime.
    — Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 25 Feb. 2022
  • Outside of Trump, Biden’s biggest nemesis might be the teleprompter.
    — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 19 May 2024
  • But Biden worked off a teleprompter and refused to take reporters’ questions.
    — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2024
  • Rachel Maddow is teaching her to use a teleprompter, so far with mixed results.
    — Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2023
  • At rehearsal the next day, Nez was perched on a stool and learning how to interact with a teleprompter brought in for this tour.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 9 Jan. 2022
  • Sykes tried to get back to handing out awards to deserving diverse TV shows, but the teleprompter didn't work.
    — Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2018
  • He is limited to reading off a teleprompter and doing six hours of work per day.
    — Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2024
  • While there, Kalil overcame a brain cyst and for a period of time in the mid-2010s, had trouble reading from a teleprompter.
    — Rodney Ho, ajc, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The candidate wore an American flag pin and read from a teleprompter.
    — Author: Ashley Parker, Josh Dawsey, Matt Viser, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Nov. 2020
  • Ernst had a production assistant enter the text of the speech into the teleprompter without letting the rest of the crew in on the news.
    — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2019
  • According to his blog, the CEO could see a compass through the contact and an on-screen teleprompter with a quote written on it.
    — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 1 July 2022
  • The truth is, Newsom hates reading speeches off teleprompters.
    — George Skelton, The Mercury News, 29 June 2024
  • Among her clients was Michelle Obama, whom Ms. Jahnke coached early in her tenure as first lady in the use of a teleprompter.
    — Emily Langer, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2020
  • Another smart move was placing the teleprompter with the script directly in front of Biden, rather than off to one side.
    — Willie Brown, SFChronicle.com, 22 Aug. 2020
  • While shooting, Nichols needed a teleprompter to recite her lines.
    — al, 16 Aug. 2021

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