How to Use telegenic in a Sentence

telegenic

adjective
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  • The long, less telegenic drought has been far more ruinous to farms and livelihoods.
    — Time, 23 Jan. 2020
  • Three days shy of her 22nd birthday, McLaughlin stood atop the sport, a telegenic face of U.S. track and field.
    — Adam Kilgore, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Aug. 2021
  • Now, celeb hosts are taking a back seat to very telegenic dogs while the pups do tricks, solve puzzles, and get makeovers.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 7 July 2021
  • France secured the top spot this year, on the back of the election of the telegenic 39-year-old Emmanuel Macron as president.
    — Petra Cahill, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Recent weeks have proven the exception to the rule though, as the telegenic Prince Harry set the media aflame.
    — Rhonda Garelick, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2023
  • But cracks quickly start to show in this telegenic facade.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 10 Nov. 2023
  • But the ’Ndrangheta, the least telegenic and most publicity-shy of Italy’s Mafias, is the most aggressive.
    — Rachel Donadio, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2020
  • The camera trains on his telegenic face, his friendly eyes wide with awe at the memory.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 6 June 2017
  • The food on the plate is important, yes, but the winner also must be bursting with telegenic charm.
    — David Martindale, star-telegram.com, 1 June 2017
  • The telegenic 55-year-old won’t run even if aging President Biden, 80, does not.
    — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Differences in background or class sometimes arise, but the telegenic oomph makes up for it.
    — New York Times, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Led by a telegenic talent who shared my first name, the team achieved dynastic dominance before the end of the decade.
    — Derek Thompson, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2018
  • Millions cheered in May after the election of a telegenic young president who wants to make Paris the new London.
    — Linda Hervieux, NBC News, 12 Sep. 2017
  • In the lounge, the host looked on as hotel guests had uni toasts and dirty martini oysters while telegenic 30-somethings waited for a seat at the bar.
    — Alex Vadukul, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2022
  • Ms Gideon is telegenic and a prodigious fundraiser, raking in more this cycle than Ms Collins.
    — The Economist, 20 June 2020
  • In a moment of very telegenic anger, Robby opts not to re-tie his gi, and instead rips it off completely.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 6 Jan. 2022
  • This has led some to wonder whether the telegenic 39-year-old is looking outside of electoral politics for her next move.
    — W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner, 27 Dec. 2020
  • First, the typical channel- surfer would not find these panelists the most telegenic or articulate folks on the dial.
    — Evan I. Schwartz, WIRED, 1 Jan. 1994
  • The process of carving is fascinating and telegenic, and the finished pieces are often stunning.
    — Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Mueller’s halting, monosyllabic style could hardly be described as telegenic and, in this case, the book was better than the movie.
    — Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 24 July 2019
  • From the start, this war has been fought both on the ground and in the information space, where Zelenskyy—savvy, telegenic, down-to-earth in his famous olive-drab T-shirts—has excelled.
    — Rachel Donadio, Vogue, 26 July 2022
  • The bags beneath her large blue eyes are already deep, and her telegenic charm, the charm that would captivate an entire country, is already there.
    — Nadja Spiegelman, The New York Review of Books, 8 Apr. 2020
  • The far-right wing of the party once viewed Mr. Cawthorn, a telegenic congressman who uses a wheelchair after a car crash at the age of 18, as a young leader with potential.
    — New York Times, 29 Apr. 2022
  • The heir to his throne was a 20-year-old from Prince George’s County who’d recently wowed Olympic viewers with his sensational hand speed and telegenic smile.
    — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 25 July 2019
  • What Newsom should do now is use his telegenic looks in campaign spots, his mug looking straight into the camera and telling Democrats what’s at stake in the election. Look real.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2021
  • The force behind the company is Alex Manos, 40, a telegenic entrepreneur of the internet age.
    — Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2022
  • Naomi was more telegenic and engaging with crowds, while Wynonna was more reserved but a better singer.
    — New York Times, 30 Apr. 2022
  • Kennedy was quite telegenic, but Richard Nixon showed up to their first debate looking pale, wearing a suit that contrasted poorly with the set, and sporting a five o’clock shadow.
    — Richard Gunderman, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2020
  • The most telegenic bits, though, feel bona fide haunted — a grotty, Dionysian Manhattan, the woefully short life spans of it-girls and superstars, a blazing era for rock, punk, jazz and soul.
    — Washington Post, 19 May 2021
  • Anyway, what's new for the reigning champion Chiefs is that their talented and telegenic tight end, Travis Kelce, is dating the reigning most-successful and -adored entertainer on the planet.
    — Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 18 Jan. 2024

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