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Examples of emcee in a Sentence
acted as emcee for the evening's entertainment at the political convention
Recent Examples of emcee from the Web
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Jurich told the crowd the deal is worth $160 million over 10 years, said Joey Wagner, the in-game emcee for Louisville men's basketball and football who was on hand at Thursday's event.
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With these instrumental, beat-heavy moments extended, people had more time to dance – and emcees found the space to rap over the beat.
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Question: You were described by the emcee of the Xavier show as the most incredible musician on the planet.
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Depending on your taste, there is a trivia night to suit you, with emcees making it a far more lively affair.
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Fisher’s daughter, Billie Lourd, could not attend the ceremony but sent a letter (read aloud by Disney CEO and event emcee, Bob Iger) that sang the praises of her and her mother’s lifelong fanaticism of Disney.
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Adam Serwer decodes the historical context behind the emcee’s economic nationalism on his new album 4:44.
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The celebration is 9:30-11 a.m. Saratoga Mayor Emily Lo will give the welcome speech and emcee.
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Special guest and emcee is Jim Flannigan, a mainstay at the top comedy clubs around the country.
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Origin and Etymology of emcee
emcee Synonyms
Synonyms
announcer, host, MCRelated Words
mistress of ceremonies; DJ, disc jockey (or disk jockey), shock jock, veejay, VJ; huckster, pitchman; anchor, anchorman, anchorperson, anchorwoman, newscaster; CBer, ham, radiomanDefinition of emcee
emceed;
emceeing
transitive verb
:to act as master of ceremonies of
- emcee an awards dinner
intransitive verb
:to act as master of ceremonies
Examples of emcee in a Sentence
She agreed to emcee at an awards dinner.
Recent Examples of emcee from the Web
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Advocate and emcee David Phipps, Rep. Sue Errington (D-Muncie) and Rep. Jim Lucas (R-Seymour) cast the issue as a moral and nonpartisan one.
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Marvin Lyles of radio stations WGVE and WLTH will emcee the event.
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Grayslake Heritage Museum Center executive director Dave Oberg will emcee the old-time baseball game at the beginning of the event.
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The show was emceed by Jim Passalino and events were scored by a large applause meter.
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The announcement party was held at the third floor reception area of The Shops at Canal Place, where the party program was emceed by WVUE's Liz Reyes.
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Las Vegas’ leading comedy magician Fielding West will emcee the international competition for the highest awards in magic.
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Leawood’s mayor, Peggy Dunn, served as grand marshal and Fox 4 anchor John Holt emceed the event, which was sponsored by the foundation, Park Place and Shawnee Mission Health.
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Wes Henderson, the co-founder of Angel's Envy, will emcee the dinner.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'emcee.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
First Known Use of emcee
1937
EMCEE Defined for English Language Learners
emcee
verb
Definition of emcee for English Language Learners
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: to be the master of ceremonies for something
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