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Examples of narration in a Sentence
The novel uses first-person narration.
They got a famous actor to do the narration for the documentary.
an actor who does narrations for documentaries
Recent Examples of narration from the Web
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Those boxes of exposition, much of it drawn from Clarke’s novel, also filled the pages, erasing some of the film’s mystery and saddling scenes like HAL's terrifying murder of Frank Poole with hand-holding narration.
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This might be the best narration of a pass in a NASCAR race in the history of the sport.
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Battle's name, however, is interspersed visually throughout the ad and said repeatedly during the voiceover narration.
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There’s a bit of a promotional tone in the narration, not surprisingly, but not without merit.
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A few glasses of wine combined with high-definition shots of bright coral and bizarre fish—not to mention the soothing narration of famous naturalist David Attenborough—sounded like a good Wednesday night to me.
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In 2008, the orchestra performed the kid-friendly work at Carnegie Hall, with narration by actor John Lithgow.
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Each conductor tied together the diverse musical bits with his own low-key narration.
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Her interiority was the key to the show, felt in those endless close-ups of Moss’s face, and in her narration.
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First Known Use of narration
15th century
narration Synonyms
Synonyms
account, chronicle, chronology, commentary (usually commentaries), history, narrative, record, report, story;
Related Words
deposition, documentation, testament, testimonial, testimony, witness;
Other Literature Terms
NARRATION Defined for English Language Learners
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: the act or process of telling a story or describing what happens
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: words that are heard as part of a movie, television show, etc., and that describe what is being seen
NARRATION Defined for Kids
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: the act or process or an instance of telling in full detail
- I enjoyed his narration of the story.
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: 1narrative
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