talking head
noun
: the televised head and shoulders shot of a person talking
also
: a television personality who appears in such shots
Examples of talking head in a Sentence
The debate was followed by hours of talking heads analyzing the candidates' performances.
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Like, talking heads are normally not enough.
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Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 22 May 2026
There’s skewering of the media, in TV news segments that spotlight apparently random people, most of them Black, as talking heads for right-wing positions.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 22 May 2026
Sports talk show hosts and social media talking heads opined that to race would be dangerous and irresponsible.
—Becky Sullivan, NPR, 6 May 2026
But Amy Odell — who wrote the book on Anna Wintour, literally — and many social media talking heads believe Streep is flatly opposed to Bezos’ involvement, and passed on Wintour’s invitation.
—Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 2 May 2026
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Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 22 May 2026
There’s skewering of the media, in TV news segments that spotlight apparently random people, most of them Black, as talking heads for right-wing positions.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 22 May 2026
Sports talk show hosts and social media talking heads opined that to race would be dangerous and irresponsible.
—Becky Sullivan, NPR, 6 May 2026
But Amy Odell — who wrote the book on Anna Wintour, literally — and many social media talking heads believe Streep is flatly opposed to Bezos’ involvement, and passed on Wintour’s invitation.
—Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 2 May 2026
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“Talking head.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/talking%20head. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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