Examples of narration in a Sentence
The novel uses first-person narration.
They got a famous actor to do the narration for the documentary.
an actor who does narrations for documentaries
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Perhaps half of Naz’s dialogue is narration spoken directly to the audience, unnecessarily siphoning drama from the action.
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Jesse Green, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2025
The story is told nonlinearly and with a larger narrative framing device in which De Niro as an elderly Costello delivers a documentary-style talking head interview to an unseen interviewer, which serves as the voice-over narration for the film.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 20 Mar. 2025
The exhibit features a 360-degree theater with vibrant photos, videos and animations, as well as narration by actor Kevin Bacon.
More than 300 artists are featured in the exhibit, including Taylor Swift, who appears nine times.
—Bryan West, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025
The director’s vivid use of montage, searing archival imagery, and Stevens’s poetic narration builds a powerful narrative around him.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 12 Mar. 2025
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Jesse Green, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2025
The story is told nonlinearly and with a larger narrative framing device in which De Niro as an elderly Costello delivers a documentary-style talking head interview to an unseen interviewer, which serves as the voice-over narration for the film.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 20 Mar. 2025
The exhibit features a 360-degree theater with vibrant photos, videos and animations, as well as narration by actor Kevin Bacon.
More than 300 artists are featured in the exhibit, including Taylor Swift, who appears nine times.
—Bryan West, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025
The director’s vivid use of montage, searing archival imagery, and Stevens’s poetic narration builds a powerful narrative around him.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 12 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for narration
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“Narration.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/narration. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.
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narration
noun
nar·ra·tion
na-ˈrā-shən 
nə-
1
: the act or process or an instance of telling a story
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