How to Use commentate in a Sentence

commentate

verb
  • He will be commentating on tomorrow night's game.
  • To then commentate World Cups and not be a part of it, that was a much greater pool of races for me.
    Dan Gartland, SI.com, 2 Feb. 2018
  • During its first run, the Johns would commentate in front of a green screen of pre-recorded footage.
    Sly Sanchez, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2021
  • Zeller has agreed to commentate, but the 7-foot-1 novice gamer is flirting with the idea of playing.
    Jon Blau, Indianapolis Star, 11 May 2020
  • For the Tuesday episodes, Nolan will commentate on the week's sports moments on and off the field.
    Kerry Flynn, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Snoop Dogg, who is scheduled to commentate the event, offered to bump the bet up to $2 million.
    Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2021
  • But that didn’t stop him from continuing to commentate on Congress.
    Dominic Pino, National Review, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Donohue said there will be no restrictions on which topics Smith can commentate or report.
    Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Don't worry, the event will be on live TV, streamed online and commentated on the radio.
    Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Those who wanted to hear the president commentate over pay-per-view were instructed to switch on a secondary audio feed.
    Mario Ariza, sun-sentinel.com, 12 Sep. 2021
  • However, a chance encounter with a sports broadcast producer set her on a decades-long career in commentating.
    Meg Linehan, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Rivers is part of the network's lead commentating team, alongside Mike Breen and Doris Burke.
    USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Who will be commentating on the NFL Christmas Day games?
    Jacqueline Weiss, PEOPLE, 25 Dec. 2025
  • Brandi Chastain has gone on to coach, commentate and advocate for women’s leadership in sports.
    Dallas News, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Although the Nickelodeon characters won't be commentating this year, another network will carry the big game – minus the slime.
    Bailey Allen, The Providence Journal, 4 Feb. 2026
  • In the post, Jeter uploaded photos of him from the day, including various shots of commentating and another of him posing with the trophy.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Just save the audio of the camera operators during the show's intense moments, and have McKinnon on to commentate and host.
    Kathryn Lindsay, refinery29.com, 21 Mar. 2018
  • And because platforms like YouTube allow accounts like this to exist under the guise of commentating, the videos can be monetized, letting the cash roll in.
    Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Broadcasters Patrick Johnson and Mike Mullis could be heard commentating during the moment.
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 9 Mar. 2025
  • The show features Peyton and Eli commentating and analyzing plays, along with inviting guest commentators on the show.
    Jacklyn Krol, Peoplemag, 19 Aug. 2023
  • When that happens, the other key member of the team—another former pro cyclist, Christian Vande Velde—is often on hand to commentate.
    Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 20 July 2023
  • Fox had announced that Brady would take over the color commentating role beginning one year after his retirement; this was before Olsen was promoted to the top role.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Commentators once commentated on goals.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Jost is currently commentating at the Olympic surfing competition in Tahiti, and honestly, that sounds like more fun than this, even with the coral attacking him.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 31 July 2024
  • The group interrupted the church service while Lemon commentated as the anti-ICE protest unfolded.
    David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 30 Jan. 2026
  • McMichael appeared briefly with the WWF before wrestling and commentating for World Championship Wrestling for five years.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
  • McMichael appeared briefly with the WWF before going on to wrestle and commentate for World Championship Wrestling for five years.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Edu de Batlle is a RAC1 journalist who has reported and commentated on Espanyol games for the past 20 years.
    Pol Ballús, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Tony Olson, played by Anthony Rapp, spends most of the film commentating on how absurd the behavior of his classmates is — but that doesn't stop him and his pals from joining in at the party at the moon tower.
    Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Colin Jost might be busy commentating on surfing in Tahiti for the 2024 Summer Olympics right now, but he's got another exciting new gig lined up for the fall.
    Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 31 July 2024

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