How to Use anchorman in a Sentence

anchorman

noun
  • There was a time, a time before cable news, when the network anchorman reigned supreme.
    — James Freeman, WSJ, 20 June 2017
  • Colin Jost is going from anchorman to kingpin.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Anchorman and Zoolander were two of the most popular cult films of the '00s.
    — Michael Tedder, Esquire, 23 Mar. 2017
  • After a few seconds the screen returned to a live shot of an anchorman looking understandably hapless.
    — Karl Vick, Time, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The no-nonsense anchorman who sat in front of the defence, protected that space, and contributed little in attack?
    — Michael Cox, New York Times, 4 May 2026
  • Clooney’s father, Nick, 88, his TV anchorman voice still resonant, shared his pride in his son.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2022
  • The report claims that the bidding war could escalate beyond £50m for the 25-year-old, but City refuse to pay over the odds for the anchorman.
    — SI.com, 9 Apr. 2018
  • However, Tottenham are hopeful that the former anchorman midfielder will want to join their coaching team.
    — SI.com, 19 July 2017
  • William Kvist, 33, is the wily anchorman at the base of the midfield, with more than a decade of international experience.
    — Steve Douglas, chicagotribune.com, 24 May 2018
  • For some four decades Mike Wallace was as famous as a television journalist could get without being a network anchorman.
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2019
  • Tokuda, who got her start in Seattle, said the 1980s were still a time when some anchormen, and even cameramen, refused to work with a woman.
    — Peter Hartlaub, SFChronicle.com, 13 Dec. 2019
  • Bryan Cranston was named best actor in a play for his National Theatre performance as a news anchorman who snaps in Network.
    — Jill Lawless, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2018
  • The anchorman, 69, has been with CBS Miami for 25 years, and a journalist for close to five decades.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2025
  • The most likely explanation is that spending a few days in the company of a network anchorman appealed to the President’s vanity.
    — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 15 June 2019
  • Friend will play Guru Bob, a local ex-anchorman, who, after a trauma, rebrands himself as a mystic desert personality.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 2 Nov. 2021
  • Allardyce quickly became aware of the need for an anchorman in the middle of the park, and set about searching for a plug to the hole in his midfield in the January transfer window just weeks after his appointment.
    — SI.com, 31 Oct. 2017
  • The diminutive Uruguayan looks to be the ball-playing midfield anchorman Arsenal has needed for years, fixing a department that had become one of Wenger’s curious blind spots.
    — Steve Douglas, The Seattle Times, 8 Oct. 2018
  • Tom, his glib wanna-be anchorman (a temptation to Holly Hunter's hardheaded producer), is both a perfect piece of casting, and a key into something essential about his art.
    — Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com, 14 Mar. 2022
  • His satirical conservative anchorman then crawled out from behind the Late Show desk and basked in the corresponding cheers as the Colbert Report theme song played.
    — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2025
  • And while viewers should tune in Friday for Beamer’s parting words, the affable anchorman just couldn’t resist giving his own spin on that classic Ron Burgundy signoff.
    — René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Mar. 2021
  • On this same day 40 years ago, a crotchety correspondent named Harry Reasoner, the anchorman at my network, ended our evening newscast with a commentary about the national pastime.
    — Greg Dobbs, The Denver Post, 2 Apr. 2017
  • Also at the station was anchorman Snyder – Friendly would soon produce Snyder’s late-night Tomorrow Show for NBC.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2026
  • During his 1990s run as SNL’s fake anchorman, the comedian homed in on Simpson in his relentless pursuit of the perfect punchline — one that likely cost him his dream gig.
    — Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Set in 1970s America, as television tightens its grip on American culture, veteran anchorman Howard Beale unravels live on air.
    — Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Mar. 2026
  • In 1971, Life Magazine did a cover story on Walter Cronkite, the legendary CBS News managing editor and anchorman.
    — Andrew Lack, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • Longtime anchorman John DeLuca announced his departure from Providence television station ABC6 after nearly 27 years.
    — Jack Perry, The Providence Journal, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Another familiar face is leaving ABC6, as anchorman John DeLuca announced his departure from the Providence television station after nearly 27 years.
    — Jack Perry, The Providence Journal, 9 Jan. 2026
  • In 1973, management lured Kurtis back to CBS Chicago as principal anchor, working alongside commentator and anchorman Walter Jacobson.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • In 1973, management lured Kurtis back to CBS Chicago as principal anchor, working alongside commentator and anchorman Walter Jacobson.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 24 May 2026
  • With Kurtis, Jacobson, fellow anchorman Harry Porterfield, weathermen John Coughlin and Harry Volkman, and sports director Johnny Morris at the helm, the Channel 2 News hit number one in the ratings in 1979.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026

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