How to Use camera in a Sentence

camera

noun
  • Many in front of the camera were acting for the first time in their lives.
    Annika Pham, Variety, 26 Jan. 2024
  • For them, the lights and cameras of a movie premiere were brand new.
    Michael Appler, Variety, 30 June 2024
  • In front of the camera, Gascón twirls in a silky, black, Lanvin gown.
    Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The episodes are pretty chaotic, but the camera can’t catch all of the chaos.
    Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Or, in the meantime, a deer or a bear might knock your camera over.
    WIRED, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Film, to me, often reflects the person at the helm of the camera.
    Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Even if one of them is behind the camera—at least for now.
    Geoffrey Bunting, TIME, 24 May 2024
  • By that time, the pair had set up a Ring doorbell camera.
    Jordan Anderson, Chicago Tribune, 25 Oct. 2022
  • The incident was caught on camera, and the nurse was fired from her job.
    Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2024
  • When Jenny was in the house, Rosie was too, but off camera.
    Margy Rochlin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2022
  • In the clip, Cline and Stokes smiled for the camera while holding matching drinks.
    Hollee Actman Becker, PEOPLE.com, 1 Aug. 2022
  • The screen simply said Carlsen had lost and his camera clicked off.
    Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Manning was camera-ready in Paris, but the gig fell through.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2022
  • For the first time in 14 seasons, Kyle Richards needed to step away from the cameras.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Wallen briefly hugged the actress but seemed to ignore the rest of the cast and quickly walked past view of the camera.
    Jay Stahl, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
  • In the video, Marin is seen lip-syncing for the camera among a group of friends, dressed for a night out in a lace tank top.
    Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2022
  • My camera always caught them in the middle of chaos, at a precipice in their lives.
    Maria Fleet, CNN, 4 Sep. 2022
  • But the live camera chats were starting to fill up with worries, prayers and tributes to the bear.
    Andrea Salcedo, Natalie B. Compton, Anchorage Daily News, 31 July 2023
  • The video jumps to the R&B star singing from on top of a bed while biting his lip and looking into the camera.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Momoa is a camera aficionado and a big fan of the Red Dot.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Yes, but: In track, the cameras are only focused on the 5 mm near the finish line.
    Ina Fried, Axios, 5 Aug. 2024
  • And the man who had spent two decades in the spotlight continued to be a magnet for the camera.
    Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 18 Nov. 2022
  • At the end, the helicopter took a pass over the museum where staffers waved at the camera.
    Tommy Cummings, Dallas News, 21 Mar. 2023
  • This photo was a gift from the motor drive on my camera.
    John Kuntz, cleveland, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Just open Lens, point the camera at something, and use the search option to ask a question.
    Samuel Axon, ArsTechnica, 27 Mar. 2025
  • And see why hockey fans went crazy for this adorable 4-year-old caught on camera.
    CNN, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Plan to spend a day on the island and be camera-ready for the views of Seattle on your ferry ride back.
    Kara Thompson, Good Housekeeping, 18 Aug. 2022
  • And how many times can June give the camera a hard stare and twisty smile only to end up nearly dead?
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
  • The sketch ends with the four members breaking the fourth wall, gazing at the camera as their Seinfeld characters.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2025
  • This phone’s got a flagship-level camera, smooth performance, and a $100 Amazon gift card to sweeten the deal.
    Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 1 May 2025

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