How to Use videotape in a Sentence

videotape

1 of 2 noun
  • I watched the movie on videotape.
  • The Tsunami showed up at the Coach’s home and was shown the videotape.
    Jake Adelstein, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The killer was greeted by the doorman and caught on videotape.
    Ron Charles, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
  • Shader can be seen on videotape from last month throwing the weapon.
    Andrew Mark Miller, Washington Examiner, 7 July 2020
  • Choppy black-and-white films and yellowed ABC videotape were tougher to find then.
    Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 May 2022
  • Good, the team immediately turned over the videotapes to the NFL.
    Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2019
  • Billy Jean chops off her hair a la Jean Seberg, the movie’s star, then tells her side of the story in a videotape sent to the police and the press.
    Jim Kiest, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Sep. 2021
  • But their version of the truth does not match what the world saw on a videotape released by an attorney.
    Byron McCauley, Cincinnati.com, 12 May 2020
  • The soft pink hue of aged videotape appears over Monk’s image, like the flag of a new nation under jazz.
    Harmony Holiday, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2023
  • The videotape of the beating was horrific, no matter the race of the officers or the victim.
    Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2023
  • Tap or click here for a step-by-step guide to preserving your old photos and videotapes.
    Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2019
  • The Chiefs released him in late 2018 amid a confrontation with a woman that was caught on videotape.
    Matt Goul, cleveland, 27 Apr. 2022
  • The videotape of surviving such a tragedy brought tears to many in attendance.
    cleveland, 2 Nov. 2020
  • That has changed in the last 25 years and Khan was one of the many fans who ordered videotapes of wrestling promotions from around the world, studying what worked and what didn’t.
    Todd Martin, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2019
  • At the very least, the milestone evokes memories of a night and an era now fading from fuzzy, color videotape.
    Joe Lapointe, Detroit Free Press, 12 July 2019
  • The image was caught on videotape May 25 and led to the firing of four officers and criminal charges.
    oregonlive, 10 June 2020
  • Outrage consumed the city when the 81 seconds of videotape were released to KTLA.
    Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2022
  • The family has a videotape; Inger Williams went back this week to watch her father’s retelling.
    Arielle Kass, ajc, 25 June 2021
  • The office had been burglarized earlier in the day, and the videotape of the officers picked up around 1 a.m. on June 1.
    Grace Hauck, USA TODAY, 11 June 2020
  • None of Phillips’ account was accurate, according to the videotape, the suit says.
    oregonlive, 26 Apr. 2021
  • Holliday loaned the videotape to a local news station, and a clip of it was quickly seen all over the world.
    Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Kelly and McDavid are also accused of telling the girl’s father to lie to grand jurors about the videotape.
    Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2022
  • The source material for Guy is more than 11 hours of archival videotapes that William made before his death.
    Elias Leight, Billboard, 9 June 2023
  • The officer went to the motel to view the security videotape.
    cleveland, 10 June 2022
  • That means media cannot record, videotape of photograph him in the courthouse.
    Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Answer Man knows this because he’s seen a videotape of that pilot.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2023
  • Make sure that many of the tributes are on videotape and that Rob Schneider is featured prominently.
    Conan O'Brien, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The encounter was caught on videotape and was cast as a symbol of Kirkpatrick being out of touch with Arizonans.
    Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Police Chief Michael Botieri said detectives reviewed hours of videotape of the downtown area in building a case against the teen.
    Rich Harbert, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2020
  • If Tate did run toward the gunman trying to make the shooting stop, it will likely be confirmed by the school’s videotape system.
    Jeff Seidel and Mick McCabe, Detroit Free Press, 2 Dec. 2021
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videotape

2 of 2 verb
  • They videotaped the baby's first steps.
  • The killer, Steve Stephens, videotaped the crime, and posted the footage to Facebook.
    Mary Kilpatrick, cleveland, 31 Dec. 2019
  • Richard Schlesinger [to Vance]: Why weren't those first hours videotaped?
    CBS News, 15 Apr. 2018
  • At the time, Lewis did not know he was being videotaped.
    Christy Gutowski, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Keary and Zola were videotaped in their home, then flown to Nashville to talk to Paslay.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2019
  • After many nights spent in the desert, Clark and colleagues videotaped 32 strikes from 13 snakes.
    Jason Bittel, National Geographic, 5 Apr. 2019
  • The post also contains a video of Maui running around as the actress videotapes her and laughs along.
    Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, 21 June 2019
  • The onlookers were trying to get close to the young woman to videotape her and take photos.
    Rebecca Boone, USA TODAY, 5 May 2021
  • Woodward videotaped Lee’s encounter while standing on a bluff high above the scene.
    Susanne Rust, Anchorage Daily News, 12 July 2023
  • The next day Epps, wearing camouflage and a red Trump hat, was again videotaped telling people to go to the Capitol.
    Robert Anglen, The Arizona Republic, 20 July 2023
  • The remarks were videotaped and first published by the New York Post on Saturday.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 17 July 2023
  • Larson’s meetings with the agent were recorded and videotaped.
    oregonlive.com, 26 Aug. 2019
  • Williams is seen videotaping the incident as well, with a phone in one hand.
    Nashelly Chavez, sacbee, 9 May 2018
  • In the video, a female flight attendant tells her to stop videotaping.
    Derek Hall, azcentral, 18 Mar. 2018
  • Father and son would always get haircuts the same time, and Williams would videotape the visits.
    Rosemary Sobol, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2022
  • People follow foster youth around in stores and videotape them on the street, foster care providers say.
    Abigail Kramer, ProPublica, 3 Jan. 2024
  • The women allege that the couple then used secret spy cameras to videotape them.
    Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 16 Nov. 2021
  • The sponsor of the event videotaped the presentation and uploaded the video to the internet.
    oregonlive.com, 27 June 2019
  • Wilson could be seen laughing and videotaping the skit on her phone.
    Juliet Pennington, Peoplemag, 26 May 2023
  • The pups were videotaped on a trail camera, along with two adult wolves, June 18, in a remote location of Lassen or Plumas County.
    Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2019
  • At one residence on Parkland Oval, more than 40 deer were videotaped in the back yard where feed had been placed, Kellums said.
    Brian Lisik/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 8 May 2018
  • Strangers were showing up in town and videotaping children.
    Susan Svrluga, courant.com, 9 July 2019
  • Gilot lives in New York City, where Pickett plans to videotape an interview with both honorees this fall.
    Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2022
  • My initial reaction was to videotape them and get some footage, just because.
    Lucy Diavolo, Teen Vogue, 24 Apr. 2019
  • From her hospital bed, in a soft voice, Isabella videotaped a message for the singer.
    Karina Bland, azcentral, 2 May 2018
  • The woman, Sandy Weyer, allegedly ran to the top of a staircase inside the Capitol to videotape the assault.
    Marshall Cohen and Devan Cole, CNN, 7 July 2021
  • There was an equally long line to have someone videotape me jogging — not a regular habit of mine — while clad in smart shoes.
    Megan Thielking, STAT, 10 Jan. 2020
  • Finally, she was asked to be videotaped signing an agreement in order to leave.
    Tony Ortega, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2023
  • To promote the issue, the honorees traditionally join to videotape what’s known as the Freshman Cypher, a showcase and test of their freestyle skills.
    Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2021
  • The line-up is posted daily backstage, and each performance is videotaped.
    Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 6 June 2019

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