How to Use in the background in a Sentence

in the background

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• Throw this on in the background.
  — Chris Branch, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
• An alarm could be heard in the background of the call.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 17 Mar. 2026
• Both teach the drum as a voice, not just a beat in the background.
  — Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
• Shedeur Sanders is the guy in the background for the first time.
  — Zac Jackson, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
• And growing up in news, your job was to be in the background.
  — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2024
• But a male voice could be heard moaning in the background.
  — Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 3 Apr. 2026
• There were voices in the background, pulling her away.
  — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
• In the footage, alarms can be heard going off in the background.
  — Lilia Geho, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2025
• The non-diegetic theme song plays in the background one last time.
  — Delia Casadei, The Conversation, 31 May 2023
• He was used in the background of group shots, sitting on hay bales.
  — Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
• Coughing could be heard in the background.
  — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2025
• Screaming could be heard in the background.
  — Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 1 Jan. 2026
• The serene ocean, palm trees and mountains peek out in the background.
  — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 19 Jan. 2026
• Vaughan was seen in the background.
  — Lynette Rice, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
• Snyder largely has been in the background for the last two years.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2023
• Screaming could be heard in the background of nearly all the calls.
  — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 30 May 2023
• The video does not make clear what the group is doing, but sirens are heard in the background.
  — Lauren Victory, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
• The shades were drawn; a lava lamp bubbled in the background.
  — Reid Forgrave, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2023
• The videos, due April 19, must use the song in the background.
  — Variety, NBC News, 17 Apr. 2024
• Spices like star anise and white pepper flicker in the background.
  — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2024
• The converted taxi cab shows up briefly in the background of one of the scenes.
  — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 9 Apr. 2025
• As Lee talked, the sounds of hammers on stone echoed in the background.
  — Thessaly La Force, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2025
• The other boys can be heard laughing in the background.
  — Jane Harper, Dallas Morning News, 7 Feb. 2026
• Several large trees with lights could be seen in the background.
  — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 26 Dec. 2025
• The Queen’s corgi is in the background.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 15 Mar. 2026
• The boys play and eat ice cream while this familiar song plays in the background.
  — Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 12 Sep. 2025
• There is a chaotic scene in the background with flashing lights and a fire truck.
  — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026
• The girls aren’t in the background naked, weaving a basket.
  — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
• Both pointed to a pier in the background of the video and said the city's beach doesn't have a pier.
  — Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2024
• Scenic mountains peek out in the background behind him.
  — Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025