talking head
noun
: the televised head and shoulders shot of a person talking
also
: a television personality who appears in such shots
Examples of talking head in a Sentence
The debate was followed by hours of talking heads analyzing the candidates' performances.
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In lieu of talking heads and dramatic recreations, Geeta Gandbhir's film is composed almost entirely of police bodycam footage and 911 calls.
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Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025
Fascinatingly, one of the young white activists, Brian (Cameron Mann), becomes a Kyle Rittenhouse-type talking head while Joe is elected mayor.
—Robert Daniels, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
There’s a moment in Martin Scorsese Directs, the 1990 American Masters episode on the filmmaker that played on PBS around the release of Goodfellas, where a gaggle of talking heads wax poetic about their friend and colleague’s encyclopedic knowledge of movies.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2025
This is the first opportunity that a queen from RuPaul’s Drag Race gets to go and showcase the work, and not just be a talking head anymore, but to actually showcase what a queen can do.
—Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2025
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Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025
Fascinatingly, one of the young white activists, Brian (Cameron Mann), becomes a Kyle Rittenhouse-type talking head while Joe is elected mayor.
—Robert Daniels, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
There’s a moment in Martin Scorsese Directs, the 1990 American Masters episode on the filmmaker that played on PBS around the release of Goodfellas, where a gaggle of talking heads wax poetic about their friend and colleague’s encyclopedic knowledge of movies.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2025
This is the first opportunity that a queen from RuPaul’s Drag Race gets to go and showcase the work, and not just be a talking head anymore, but to actually showcase what a queen can do.
—Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for talking head
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“Talking head.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/talking%20head. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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