How to Use voice-over in a Sentence

voice-over

noun
  • The scene cuts to Tom alone in the cabin, and in voice-over, Peter continues.
    — Hazlitt, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The app has its own default voice for those who don’t use voice-over, which sounds much like Siri or Alexa.
    — Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Meanwhile, the princess, in a voice-over, describes her healing process and hopes for the future.
    — The Week Uk, theweek, 21 Sep. 2024
  • Many of the auditions kids like Honor get are for voice-overs.
    — Lauren Hilgers, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The service was preceded by a voice-over message from the princess.
    — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2024
  • From that point on Mirren’s role is mostly as voice-over for much of the movie, which is told in flashback.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Hackman turned to painting and did voice-over work and writing books.
    — Becca Longmire, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Excerpts from the diary and letter are read in voice-over by actors.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The best place to advertise your voice-over/narration skills is Fiverr.
    — Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Thompson has also done film and television and lots of voice-overs.
    — John Baldoni, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
  • At a separate moment, the sounds of a voice-over began playing.
    — Mike Vulpo, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2025
  • For Polanco, the rally was a break from a stressful time, as the strike meant the actor had to walk away from a project in production and her voice-over work.
    — Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Five days a week were on-set, and the sixth was in a recording studio for additional audio voice-overs.
    — Chaz Kangas, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Speechify launched a new product line on Tuesday that will create AI voice-overs.
    — Wendy Leestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2023
  • In a voice-over, Alison tells us that this is the most ambitious setup ever in the history of the show.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The rest of it is an overblown action sequence with horrible dialogue and voice-over work.
    — Jeremy Fassler, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
  • King said that one of his first decisions was to discard Carrie’s running voice-overs.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
  • But fans are most likely to recognize LaMarr's voice: He's been a prolific voice-over actor since the late-'90s.
    — Katie Rife, EW.com, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Hence, for example, the use of music and voice-over at very specific moments.
    — Callum McLennan, Variety, 15 Mar. 2023
  • So went the voice-over at the Undercover show: a prose poem written and read by the film director Wim Wenders.
    — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
  • There's a goofy, lightly icky charm to the voice-overs and visuals, and the upgrade paths are pleasantly addictive.
    — Ars Technica, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Bell, who was unmasked as the Ice King this week, shared some personal thoughts in the voice-over package before his performance.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Playing over drone shots of mountains and ranchland, the woman who did the voice-over at the beginning of 1883 shows up with some important takeaways.
    — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2024
  • If at all possible, do not send a picture when sending a voice-over audition.
    — Susan Johnston, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2023
  • Without talking heads or voice-over to nudge things along, stories are told entirely in subtext.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
  • These men are on a mission, one alluded to by a reflective voice-over from Bichir’s character, Tito.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2024
  • The company said the app takes articles, PDF, ePub, newsletters, e-books or any other text on your phone and turns it into voice-overs.
    — Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN, 3 July 2024
  • In a voice-over, one producer claimed that only men agreed to share their experience with the disgraced actor.
    — Esther Kang, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Chenoweth’s career has spanned across film, television, voice-over, music, and theater.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Scott Slade, the longtime 95.5 WSB radio host and voice-over talent, hopes his cancer battle will motivate people to practice preventive care and get early screenings.
    — Kristal Dixon, Axios, 24 Mar. 2025

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