How to Use small screen in a Sentence

small screen

noun
Definition of small screennext
  • Get ready to see the new hero on the small screen, too.
    — America Arias, CNN, 21 Nov. 2020
  • Yoona has not appeared on the small screen since The King In Love in 2017.
    — Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne will soon be back on the small screen.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The coming year is shaping up to be a big one for the small screen.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 27 Dec. 2021
  • The tale of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in 1881 has been told many times on both the big and small screen.
    — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Keanu Reeves' dabble on the small screen was short-lived.
    — Glenn Garner, Peoplemag, 9 Oct. 2022
  • Megan could soon have her own series on the small screen, too.
    — Chris Gardner, Billboard, 24 Feb. 2022
  • The adolescent lives of twins Tegan and Sara are headed to the small screen.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Hillary Clinton has her eyes on the small screen once again.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2020
  • Gamers can finally see how The Last of Us plays out on the small screen.
    — Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Jan. 2023
  • When not showing nav bits, the small screen displays the time.
    — Bill Roberson, Forbes, 20 May 2021
  • The Hair Tales brings the essential, healing space of a salon to the small screen.
    — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Oct. 2022
  • The Golden Girls is coming back to the small screen with an all-Black cast.
    — Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 8 Sep. 2020
  • This summer, there is plenty to watch on the big and small screen.
    — New York Times, 27 Aug. 2021
  • The post-grad years have focused more on finding love on the small screen.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 12 June 2020
  • Lizzo's bringing her search for plus-size dancers to the small screen.
    — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Feb. 2022
  • Fans of the silver and small screen have plenty of on-sale Funko Pops to scroll through.
    — Melissa Epifano, EW.com, 25 Sep. 2023
  • So, what and who are people watching on the small screen?
    — Dr. Darnell Hunt and Dr. Ana-Christina Ramón, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2021
  • Chip and Jo are returning to the small screen for a new season of the their beloved show.
    — Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 27 Aug. 2020
  • The small screen has rarely lacked for dramas and comedies about high school.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 17 Nov. 2021
  • But Delia isn’t the only out-there mom O’Hara has portrayed on the big or small screen.
    — Dan Heching, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
  • But this won't be the first time Gotham City's police have been featured on the small screen.
    — Jodi Guglielmi, PEOPLE.com, 10 July 2020
  • And mega-sized TVs weren’t the only way to absorb the glut of content hitting the small screen.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Jones voiced the character on both the big and small screen up until this point.
    — Variety, NBC News, 26 Sep. 2022
  • So how did this movie go from real-life concept to the small screen?
    — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 6 Dec. 2019
  • This time, Tim be bringing Scott Calvin on the small screen for a miniseries that will air on Disney+.
    — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 20 Jan. 2022
  • It was announced last month that Loughlin, 57, would return to the small screen for the first time in years.
    — NBC News, 24 Oct. 2021
  • Expect to see Sherri Shepherd on the small screen for many years to come!
    — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Part of the reason the are so present on the big and small screen may have something to do with the screenwriters behind the scenes.
    — Adario Strange, Quartz, 20 July 2022
  • And the series finds a smart way to begin to address the dwarf erasure that occurred in the transition from big to small screen.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024

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