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
  • For them, the lights and cameras of a movie premiere were brand new.
    — Michael Appler, Variety, 30 June 2024
  • In front of the camera, Gascón twirls in a silky, black, Lanvin gown.
    — Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Or, in the meantime, a deer or a bear might knock your camera over.
    — WIRED, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Film, to me, often reflects the person at the helm of the camera.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Even if one of them is behind the camera—at least for now.
    — Geoffrey Bunting, TIME, 24 May 2024
  • By that time, the pair had set up a Ring doorbell camera.
    — Jordan Anderson, Chicago Tribune, 25 Oct. 2022
  • The incident was caught on camera, and the nurse was fired from her job.
    — Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2024
  • When Jenny was in the house, Rosie was too, but off camera.
    — Margy Rochlin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2022
  • The screen simply said Carlsen had lost and his camera clicked off.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Manning was camera-ready in Paris, but the gig fell through.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2022
  • For the first time in 14 seasons, Kyle Richards needed to step away from the cameras.
    — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Jan. 2025
  • In the video, Marin is seen lip-syncing for the camera among a group of friends, dressed for a night out in a lace tank top.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2022
  • My camera always caught them in the middle of chaos, at a precipice in their lives.
    — Maria Fleet, CNN, 4 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • Yes, but: In track, the cameras are only focused on the 5 mm near the finish line.
    — Ina Fried, Axios, 5 Aug. 2024
  • And the man who had spent two decades in the spotlight continued to be a magnet for the camera.
    — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 18 Nov. 2022
  • At the end, the helicopter took a pass over the museum where staffers waved at the camera.
    — Tommy Cummings, Dallas News, 21 Mar. 2023
  • This photo was a gift from the motor drive on my camera.
    — John Kuntz, cleveland, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Just open Lens, point the camera at something, and use the search option to ask a question.
    — Samuel Axon, ArsTechnica, 27 Mar. 2025
  • And see why hockey fans went crazy for this adorable 4-year-old caught on camera.
    — CNN, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Plan to spend a day on the island and be camera-ready for the views of Seattle on your ferry ride back.
    — Kara Thompson, Good Housekeeping, 18 Aug. 2022
  • William Klein had felt the energy buzzing on city streets and froze it with his camera.
    — William McDonald, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Here, a pregnant Meghan smiles at the camera as Archie rests on her belly.
    — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 11 Dec. 2022
  • And Reigns knows how important the Bloodline has been to him, on camera and off.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Lacy then walked up to a fan in the front row, asked for the camera, and aggressively threw it on the ground as the crowd lets out a gasp.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2022
  • While Banuelos is in the photo, his back is turned away from the camera, along with Hadid.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2024
  • In the video, the singer is captured lip-synching to her 2008 hit before winking at the camera.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2025

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