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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The launch included first-day jitters that frankly surprised me — dead air due to late-starting commercials being the most common.
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Richard Wagoner, Daily News, 25 May 2026
Instead, too many filmmakers took the crowd’s attention span for granted; even the strongest films in competition could delete a half-hour of dead air.
—Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026
Refn has made characters moving and speaking in a benzodiazepine fugue state — lines hissed out stiltedly into dead air, spoken like throwing stones down a well — his signature in recent films.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 19 May 2026
There will be long stretches of dead air as the Eurovision hosts wait to receive various juries' votes while staring down the barrel of the camera.
—Glen Weldon, NPR, 14 May 2026
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Richard Wagoner, Daily News, 25 May 2026
Instead, too many filmmakers took the crowd’s attention span for granted; even the strongest films in competition could delete a half-hour of dead air.
—Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026
Refn has made characters moving and speaking in a benzodiazepine fugue state — lines hissed out stiltedly into dead air, spoken like throwing stones down a well — his signature in recent films.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 19 May 2026
There will be long stretches of dead air as the Eurovision hosts wait to receive various juries' votes while staring down the barrel of the camera.
—Glen Weldon, NPR, 14 May 2026
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“Dead air.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dead%20air. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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