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
  • The incident was caught on camera, and the nurse was fired from her job.
    Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2024
  • 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
  • While Banuelos is in the photo, his back is turned away from the camera, along with Hadid.
    Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2024
  • The selfie camera on the front captures 13MP photos at f/2.2.
    PCMAG, 6 Apr. 2024
  • Nineteen hours after the attack, the same trail camera revealed the result of the wildlife wrestling match.
    Kris Millgate, Field & Stream, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Not only were cameras present, but so were her sisters Khloé and Kim, and her mom Kris.
    Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 1 June 2023
  • The camera was attached to a drill bit that scraped the walls of the hole, producing another creepy sound.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The team planted new cameras and programmed them to take a photo each minute.
    Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Her back was turned from the camera in the image, with the pup's face gently resting on her shoulder.
    Celeste McCauley, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The people who are not necessarily in front of the camera, and that means a lot.
    Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2023
  • As the dancers ventured from the stage and into a dark corner of the wing, their every step was captured on camera.
    Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
  • In the wake of Iron Man's success, Favreau has continued to switch between roles in front of and behind the camera.
    Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 24 Mar. 2024
  • In the first picture, Kim and Kylie pulled a shocked face at the camera, while in the second cute shot, the duo stuck their tongues out at one another.
    Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The pair finish making their apple pies, displaying the inside of one for the camera at the end.
    Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 18 July 2023
  • All our gruff camera dudes and gaffers and grips and electrics, everyone was crying.
    Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 May 2023
  • She was last seen alive on camera at a Hammond Motel 6.
    Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2023
  • Line up your document in front of the webcam, then hit the white camera icon to snap a photo.
    Fox News, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Placing the camera at bird-height was also a strategic move.
    Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Often, as at this 1981 gathering, the guests were in their own world and oblivious to the camera.
    Natalia Jiménez-Stuard, Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2023
  • First, Draymond punched Poole in the face on camera during practice.
    Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 16 Dec. 2023
  • The camera cut to a pair of hands flipping through pages of a physical newspaper.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 19 July 2023
  • There would be more microphones thrust at them and cameras zooming in for close-ups.
    Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Today's phones are pro-grade cameras, PDF scanners and even car keys.
    Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 25 June 2023
  • Footage of the firefight, in which dozens of shots were exchanged, was caught on Deputy Joshua Gordon’s dashboard camera.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Jackie laid her first egg of the season just before 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 25, in Big Bear — and it was caught on camera.
    Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2024
  • There’s also a great sense of scale, and the camera will zoom out to show you just how tiny Samus is compared to a huge machine or monster.
    Brandon Widder, The Verge, 14 June 2023
  • Then, Allen threw up a couple of peace signs for the camera while Steinfeld smiled widely.
    Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 26 Mar. 2024

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