How do you use Teleprompter in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like prompter or autocue, plus the exact meaning.
Teleprompter meaning
A device placed near or on a television camera that displays scrolling text, allowing a person to read a script while appearing to speak spontaneously to the camera.
Using Teleprompter
- The main meaning on this page is: A device placed near or on a television camera that displays scrolling text, allowing a person to read a script while appearing to speak spontaneously to the camera.
- Useful related words include: prompter, autocue.
- In the example corpus, teleprompter often appears in combinations such as: the teleprompter, his teleprompter, teleprompter to.
Context around Teleprompter
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 13 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Teleprompter
- In this selection, "teleprompter" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, functioning, off, themed, twice, free and spitting stand out and add context to how "teleprompter" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and functioning teleprompter an apparently and find the teleprompter. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "teleprompter" sits close to words such as abenaki, adria and afn, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with teleprompter
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Gloria reads off of the teleprompter. (6 words)
I pay all this money to teleprompter people. (8 words)
He swivels from to the right teleprompter, spitting out angry phrases and jumbled words. (14 words)
However, any viewers of Fox News, Newsmax or Australia’s Sky News — who saw Joe speak without a teleprompter — were not surprised at all: to them the mumbling incoherent president on the stage that night, was a familiar sight. (39 words)
When he gives speeches, it’s usually off the teleprompter, and I think his view is like, well, he has a polling lead, therefore, why would he want to get involved and actually earn the job? (36 words)
That would be the same media which is fawning all over her as it tries to memory-hole every one of her past – mostly off teleprompter – positions which are currently wreaking havoc upon our nation. (35 words)
When he gives speeches, it’s usually off the teleprompter, and I think his view is like, well, he has a polling lead, therefore, why would he want to get involved and actually earn the job? (36 words)
Beyond the emergence of an exciting new Democratic leader, Hakeem Jeffries (whose teleprompter-free alliteration covered all 26 letters in the alphabet! (22 words)
Example sentences (20)
A visibly confused Donald Trump appears to misread his teleprompter twice in just a couple seconds and says Republicans "eat their young" by opposing him.
Beyond the emergence of an exciting new Democratic leader, Hakeem Jeffries (whose teleprompter-free alliteration covered all 26 letters in the alphabet!
Gloria reads off of the teleprompter.
He swivels from to the right teleprompter, spitting out angry phrases and jumbled words.
If she didn’t know the words enough to get by without a teleprompter, she should have declined the tribute.
Not only did he use his judgement and refuse to follow the teleprompter a couple of times, but he followed each joke with an impromptu flattering remark on the player he just slighted.
When he gives speeches, it’s usually off the teleprompter, and I think his view is like, well, he has a polling lead, therefore, why would he want to get involved and actually earn the job?
According to Anthony Scaramucci, who attended the fundraiser, Biden used a teleprompter when speaking to donors in the living room of the beach house.
Biden, once garrulous, ekes out short speeches from the teleprompter in a strained way.
Despite having a script and functioning teleprompter, an apparently exhausted Trump frequently wandered into rambling asides.
Donald Trump struggled to read scripted notes written by his handlers, repeatedly complaining that he couldn't use a teleprompter.
However, any viewers of Fox News, Newsmax or Australia’s Sky News — who saw Joe speak without a teleprompter — were not surprised at all: to them the mumbling incoherent president on the stage that night, was a familiar sight.
Instead, the champion said it felt like the anchors were only capable of reading a teleprompter.
I pay all this money to teleprompter people.
It's customary for those checking the mic and doing walkthroughs to read off the teleprompter the Gettysburg Address so audio can get good levels.
That would be the same media which is fawning all over her as it tries to memory-hole every one of her past – mostly off teleprompter – positions which are currently wreaking havoc upon our nation.
Uncle Joe wrestled with the teleprompter like a slacker high school boy blindsided by trigonometry questions on the math SAT test.
A Hamilton-themed teleprompter outside of the voting center held at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020.
Alas, when his time came to talk, he literally couldn’t find the teleprompter.
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden appeared to struggle with his teleprompter during a Monday virtual event with AFL-CIO.
Common combinations with teleprompter
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the teleprompter 12×
- his teleprompter 5×
- teleprompter to 3×
- without teleprompter 2×
- use teleprompter 2×
- from teleprompter 2×
- teleprompter for 2×
- teleprompter speech 2×
- teleprompter or 2×