How to Use mic in a Sentence

mic

noun
  • The head turn away from the mic.
    Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Go ahead and step up to the mic.
    Nathan Green, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Miller’s plea was caught on a hot mic.
    Shayna Rubin, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Just pick up that mic and drop it on the floor.
    Outside Online, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The room has to respect the mic.
    Kansas City Star, 26 Dec. 2025
  • This is more than a passing of the mic.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Langdon brought the mic back to his lips.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Nakayama's no stranger to the mic.
    EW.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Later, those mics were moved to a safer spot.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The mics on the earbuds pick up my voice loud and clear.
    Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Snoop Dogg will be back at the mic this Olympics.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The mic boom can be flipped up out of the way when not being used.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Those mics on stands tend to get in the way of a performer’s face.
    Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Voice chat sounds clean through the boom mic, which keeps callouts crisp.
    PC Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The singer looked on with an ear-to-ear grin, holding up her mic.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 1 Jan. 2024
  • Our sound guy was crying holding up the boom mic.
    David Morgan, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Fleck said into his mic after the first one.
    Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 15 Apr. 2026
  • King accomplished each of these feats, on and off the mic.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026
  • Everyone hears him on the stump mic.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2025
  • Your spouse, children and neighbor will take the mic.
    Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Three small holes in the top indicate the far-field mics.
    Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 26 Mar. 2026
  • For the hot mic during the premiere episode, that was not staged.
    Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 25 July 2024
  • Breslauer used his time at the mic to thank Grande and his team.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Make sure that the mics are in the right place, make sure the drummer can keep a beat.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The crowd roars and the video ends with an iconic mic drop by Blue.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE.com, 7 Jan. 2022
  • There are 150+ mics used for audio.
    Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
  • The camera then pans back to Scherzinger singing at the mic on stage.
    Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
  • The headphone's mic makes your voice sound clear and pristine.
    PC Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The guys with the mics rhyme not from a proscenium, but amidst the crowd.
    Vulture, 15 Sep. 2023
  • A lot of these men need to replace the mics with a diary and some friends.
    Malaika Jabali, Essence, 31 Dec. 2023

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