How to Use television set in a Sentence
television set
noun-
That was where our kids were in the ’80s: sitting in front of a television set.
— Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Mar. 2023 -
The circus that should be the 2023 New York Jets training camp is coming to a television set near you.
— Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 12 July 2023 -
The clip opens with the musician settling in at a karaoke spot where the song is loaded onto the television set.
— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 May 2024 -
This was at a time when most households had just a single television set.
— Tim Stevens, Ars Technica, 4 Jan. 2024 -
But a lot of people who still sit down in front of the television set are looking for more of a straight-ahead discussion about the news.
— Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023 -
The 76-year-old had left another section of the live television set to interrupt Elmo’s segment and rough the muppet up.
— Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2024 -
Before the invention of remote controls, Presley found that shooting the television set with a pistol was the quickest way to get Goulet off the screen.
— Jordan Runtagh, Peoplemag, 22 May 2024 -
Fallon then revealed an image of Kanzi sitting with his arms crossed in front of the television set, staring at Eisenberg’s bigfoot self on screen.
— EW.com, 13 Apr. 2024 -
Instead, Barbie had a television set and record player.
— Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 July 2023 -
The 45th president himself even makes a cameo via the television set of main antagonist Roy Tillman (Jon Hamm).
— Alison Herman, Variety, 21 Nov. 2023 -
Arsenio Hall guaranteed Rock’s set would cause Smith to smack his television set.
— Dallas News, 5 Mar. 2023 -
Arsenio Hall guaranteed Rock's set would cause Smith to smack his television set.
— Jake Coyle, ajc, 5 Mar. 2023 -
The average television set had seven people hunched around it.
— Dr. Tessa Dunlop, Town & Country, 2 Apr. 2023 -
At one point in the show, Danny’s character unearths a television set from several layers of trash.
— Jazmine Hughes, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023 -
There is also a compact media center here for placing a television set.
— Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 16 May 2023 -
Bellos and Montagu tell the story of a documentary filmmaker who shot a scene in which a group of workers were sitting around playing a board game with a television set on in the background.
— Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024 -
The average American household of 2024 will be equipped with an appliance that combines the features of a television set with those of a desk computer and a Xerox machine.
— James Rosen, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023 -
The monitor was an RCA black-and-white television set with minor modifications.
— IEEE Spectrum, 6 Dec. 2018 -
Hudson's television set, which is typically chic, was turned into a tribute to hip-hop with the show title displayed in colorful airbrush lettering on a brick wall.
— Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2023 -
Another is dominated by a large television set, installed by Donald Trump.
— Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024 -
Bob Shrum, a veteran Democratic strategist, once said a political rally in California consists of three people gathered around a television set.
— Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024 -
Then the pandemic turned many homes into de facto entertainment centers—flat-screen television set, surround-sound systems, wall sconce lighting—while streaming services provided robust viewing options.
— James S. Hirsch | Photographs By Allie Leepson + Jesse McClary For The Wall Street Journal , WSJ, 26 May 2023 -
Elders have always overreacted to the supposedly mind-altering properties of certain technological advancements, from the printing press to the television set.
— Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2024
Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'television set.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Last Updated: