narration

noun

nar·ra·tion | \ na-ˈrā-shən

, nə-\

Definition of narration

1 : the act or process or an instance of narrating

2 : story, narrative

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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

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What sets Backstory apart from more mainstream interviews is Tyner’s narration. — Brandon T. Harden, Philly.com, "Rare interviews of Run DMC, The Roots, Jay-Z, and others have been unearthed through this Philly radio host's new podcast," 25 Apr. 2018 The video starts with inspirational quote-style narration that beauty fans will recognize from commercials' past. — Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, "Revlon Introduced Its New Volumazing Mascara With a Music Video Featuring Professional Dancers," 18 July 2018 The dialogue from the film, or the characters, does the narration for you. — Danny Hakim, New York Times, "The Envelope, Please. And Make It Quick.," 26 May 2018 This one shows only babies, though with narration by a celebrity voice: Kerry Washington’s. — Erik Brady, USA TODAY, "T-Mobile takes different path with this year's Super Bowl commercial," 4 Feb. 2018 Frostman’s confident navigation and narration calm my fears. — Nancy Moreland, The Seattle Times, "Ready for takeoff: A nervous flyer takes on America’s Seaplane City," 3 July 2018 Reggie and Blonde Veronica show up for the fight but have the outdated password — again, this is all intercut with the G&G game scenes/narration, and one mirrors the other — Veronica claims her name is Monica Norton, like the warden. — Jessica Macleish, Teen Vogue, ""Riverdale" Recap Season 3 Episode 5: Can Archie Escape From a Teenage Fight Club?!," 15 Nov. 2018 To paraphrase some of Lily’s narration, there are three kinds of Salemites: a few good men and women, a few sadistic creeps, and a mass of bystanders who happily participate in misogynistic hate mobs. — Adi Robertson, The Verge, "Assassination Nation is a vicious, cathartic horror film about misogyny," 21 Sep. 2018 The project from Italian filmmakers Lorena Luciano and Filippo Piscopo relies on subtitles, captions and first-hand accounts instead of narration to tell the tale of two separate migrant journeys. — Lorraine Ali, latimes.com, "'It Will Be Chaos': Personal stories of refugee crisis could not be more timely," 18 June 2018

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