talking head

noun

|Updated on: 7 Jun 2018

Examples: talking head in a Sentence

Definition of talking head

: the televised head and shoulders shot of a person talking; also : a television personality who appears in such shots

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Examples of talking head in a Sentence

The debate was followed by hours of talking heads analyzing the candidates' performances.

Recent Examples of talking head from the Web

Another Finals loss might fuel his detractors in the short term, giving talking heads easy numbers to recite.

— robert o'connell, The Atlantic, "LeBron James and the Championship Question," 30 May 2018
John Fox will join the network’s growing pool of NFL talking heads4.

— charles curtis, For The Win, "6 things we learned ESPN is doing in the next year," 15 May 2018
Fox News viewers should probably assume that every talking head on the network has deep, undisclosed conflicts of interest.

— jonathan chait, Daily Intelligencer, "Fox News: We Don’t Care About Sean Hannity’s Undisclosed Ties to Michael Cohen," 17 Apr. 2018
Republican talking heads Tucker Carlson and Rush Limbaugh even blamed the upset on political correctness.

— nico lang, Harper's BAZAAR, "How We Talked About Moonlight's Oscar Win Proves We Still Don't Know How to Recognize Black Excellence," 2 Mar. 2017
And much of the film progresses in this manner: no talking heads, little context.

— chloe schama, Vogue, "A New Documentary Highlights a Novel—and Revolutionary—Way to Process Human Trafficking Victims," 23 Apr. 2018
The backlash shows continued erosion of the Trump coalition, at least among commentators and talking heads, which could have significant implications for the upcoming midterm elections.

— david z. morris, Fortune, "Prominent Trump Supporters Skeptical, Uncertain, and 'Sick' as Syria Attack Undermines Isolationist Promises," 14 Apr. 2018
Thanks for reading,Andrew Ad Hawk: The Big Picture Sick of reading what the candidates, flacks, surrogates, talking heads and (gasp!) bloggers have to say about the latest slips and dips in the 2008 presidential campaign?

— Newsweek, "Analysis," 14 Mar. 2018
There were highlights, of course, along with live reports from ESPN reporters, funny video bits and, yes, a bunch of talking heads in boxes providing (surprise!) insightful discussions about sports.

— joey morona, cleveland.com, "ESPN's new morning show 'Get Up!' has promising debut," 2 Apr. 2018

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