Examples of dead air in a Sentence
After the commercial, there were a few seconds of dead air before the show continued.
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Hook them in the first seconds, loop the ending back to the beginning, cut every pause, every breath, every moment of dead air, layer in sound effects, memes, anything to earn yourself that extra second.
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Taylor Reilly, Forbes.com, 15 Jan. 2026
Aside from technical glitches, there was uncomfortably dead air and forced improv.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
The actors aren’t dragging, but there’s still dead air.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025
Yet, alert to the way dead air between family members can actually be teeming with life, each segment is beguilingly immersive from the first shot.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
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Taylor Reilly, Forbes.com, 15 Jan. 2026
Aside from technical glitches, there was uncomfortably dead air and forced improv.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
The actors aren’t dragging, but there’s still dead air.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025
Yet, alert to the way dead air between family members can actually be teeming with life, each segment is beguilingly immersive from the first shot.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dead air
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“Dead air.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dead%20air. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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