How to Use gaffer in a Sentence

gaffer

noun
  • What if the gaffer had the same assault happen as a child?
    — Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2024
  • But with the way things work in today's game, the gaffer's words could hold very little meaning.
    — SI.com, 8 Aug. 2017
  • There’s a gaffer, there’s a cameraman, there’s the video village over there.
    — Jamil Smith, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2021
  • The gaffer who flew in from Nashville is ready, the producer from New York announces.
    — Rebecca Haithcoat, GQ, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Avoid directing for the director, or gaffing for the gaffer.
    — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 9 Sep. 2022
  • The series’ gaffer had the idea to blast the interviews with bright white light like an Avedon portrait.
    — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Tarps and blankets can only be placed with painter's, gaffer or masking tapes.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Cameras, monitors, lights and a rainbow’s worth of gaffer tape had been trucked in.
    — Julie Seabaugh, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2019
  • Tarps and blankets can only be placed with painter's tape, gaffer tape or masking tape.
    — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Tarps and blankets can only be placed with painter's tape, gaffer tape or masking tape.
    — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 30 Aug. 2022
  • All our gruff camera dudes and gaffers and grips and electrics, everyone was crying.
    — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 May 2023
  • Serge Svetnoy, the gaffer who was also nearby when the shot was fired, filed a separate suit on Nov. 10.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 24 Jan. 2022
  • And the England gaffer gives a lovely little speech, all about respect, pride and kindness.
    — SI.com, 22 Oct. 2019
  • There's no doubting his credentials over the past 15 months, and Dyche would surely jump at the chance to become the club's new gaffer.
    — SI.com, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Last week, Baldwin was named in a different lawsuit filed by Serge Svetnoy, a gaffer on the set.
    — Alexia Fernández, PEOPLE.com, 17 Nov. 2021
  • Prager bounced her beatific year-old son, Francis, on one hip while gaffers and grips arranged the lighting for the next shot.
    — Megan K. Stack, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2019
  • The job is part technical, part artistic, said gaffer David Goodman.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2021
  • The latest in our Explaining Hollywood series: How to get a job as a gaffer.
    — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2021
  • The latest in our Explaining Hollywood series: How to get a job as a gaffer.
    — Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2021
  • The latest in our Explaining Hollywood series: How to get a job as a gaffer.
    — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2021
  • The latest in our Explaining Hollywood series: How to get a job as a gaffer.
    — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2021
  • The latest in our Explaining Hollywood series: How to get a job as a gaffer.
    — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2021
  • The latest in our Explaining Hollywood series: How to get a job as a gaffer.
    — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2021
  • The gaffer used his post to call upon producers to avoid cutting corners to maintain a low budget.
    — Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2021
  • The actress's breasts were taped down with gaffer's tape, as her Princess Leia costume did not permit any lingerie to be worn underneath.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 25 May 2017
  • No charges have been filed in the case, though Gutierrez Reed was among many crew members and producers who were sued for negligence on Wednesday by the film’s gaffer.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 10 Nov. 2021
  • According to details of the case file made available to CNN, her body was found tied up with green gaffer's tape and placed in the fetal position inside the black garbage bag.
    — Brynn Gingras, CNN, 4 Dec. 2021
  • Folks improvise in parking lots, tennis courts and driveways with blue painter’s tape, gaffer tape and sidewalk chalk.
    — Sara Bosworth, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Houston Street, lined with shops selling sunglasses one week or gaffer’s tape the next, was another source.
    — New York Times, 28 Sep. 2019
  • One lady was a stage manager, another read lines with actors, someone else was a gaffer.
    — Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2025

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