Synonyms of narration
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
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With words infallibly falling short, Pritam mingled realism with a fragmentary style of narration that meshes together social encounters, violent episodes, vivid metaphors, disturbing dreams, memories, intimate self-reflections, and introspection on society.
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JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
With no narration or voice-over from the owner, the visual and audio pairing has been enough to leave viewers in hysterics.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Although all three videos include audio, none of it quite syncs up with what’s on-screen, and ChatGPT’s robotic narration is particularly jarring.
—PC Magazine, 25 Oct. 2025
The English-language narration, delivered by Kyra Sedgwick, is used for sporadic, jarring and rarely necessary info drops, and would have felt more at home on the soundtrack of a PBS nature series.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
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JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
With no narration or voice-over from the owner, the visual and audio pairing has been enough to leave viewers in hysterics.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Although all three videos include audio, none of it quite syncs up with what’s on-screen, and ChatGPT’s robotic narration is particularly jarring.
—PC Magazine, 25 Oct. 2025
The English-language narration, delivered by Kyra Sedgwick, is used for sporadic, jarring and rarely necessary info drops, and would have felt more at home on the soundtrack of a PBS nature series.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for narration
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“Narration.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/narration. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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narration
noun
nar·ra·tion
na-ˈrā-shən 
nə-
1
: the act or process or an instance of telling a story
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