How to Use blue screen in a Sentence

blue screen

noun
  • Even the Beinecke, the quad, that’s all blue screen.
    — Fred Topel, Deadline, 15 Nov. 2025
  • An overwhelmed kid is like a computer with a blue screen.
    — Kara Alaimo, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The Ghostbusters were then layered on top of this footage using blue screen.
    — Lara Sorokanich, Popular Mechanics, 27 Oct. 2015
  • The stamp mimics the trivia program’s iconic dark blue screen.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024
  • Many users woke up on Friday to a blue screen error on Windows.
    — Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 26 July 2024
  • The biggest culprit by far is bright white or blue screens that can't be sufficiently dimmed.
    — Emily P.g. Erickson, Health, 11 Dec. 2023
  • This might cause a signature validation failure and lead to a blue screen of death crash.
    — Davey Winder, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2022
  • There were a lot of practical tentacles everywhere, and there was a lot of blue screen as well.
    — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 2 June 2022
  • This was combined with blue screen techniques to separate each pass, with each one then printed onto film.
    — Benny Har-Even, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
  • And that was my first experience doing something on that scale with green screen and blue screen and fantasy.
    — Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 25 May 2022
  • In addition to causing shut-offs and restart loops, a faulty power supply can also cause a blue screen of death error.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Could ten minutes matter—heck, round up to an hour— With that glowing blue screen of unusual power?
    — Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Some of their posts hawking these bulbs get millions of views, which might have more to do with how orange pops on a blue screen than with the health benefits.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The two lone wolves traverse a wasteland of vast canyons, derelict cityscapes and blazing oil fields, digitally rendered on blue screens.
    — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Users reported seeing a blue screen when attempting to start their computers.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 19 July 2024
  • Around the world, 18 effects houses had started creating the hundreds of shots that would fill in all those blue screens.
    — Dan Kois, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Erivo extensively rehearsed the flying portion, which was shot using wires and against a blue screen.
    — Daron James, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2025
  • As for Starr and Carlin, because of their characters' small size, the actors mostly worked in front of a blue screen.
    — Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Eventually, the blue screen behind her will be replaced with billowy clouds against an impossible sky.
    — TIME.com, 19 Dec. 2017
  • On the flip side, reports of Windows 11 update blue screen of death incidents don’t help convince those still on the fence.
    — Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Cormier filmed the sequence atop a surfboard rig in front of blue screen to emulate the Avatar skating across the water’s surface.
    — Entertainment Weekly, 3 June 2026
  • The remainder of Dorobantu’s body was painted out in post-production with the help of a full-body blue screen suit that the actor wore in all scenes.
    — Katie Reul, Variety, 7 Dec. 2022
  • According to the recall report, the problem can happen intermittently and cause a blank blue screen.
    — Laura Sky Brown, Car and Driver, 27 Jan. 2023
  • This culminates with the final assault on the nation’s capital, shot in Atlanta using blue screens.
    — Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 20 July 2024
  • Related The first photo shows Bailey filming a scene with Flounder in front of blue screens and robotic arms.
    — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 26 May 2023
  • Then Microsoft did the unthinkable with the Windows 11 release, killing the blue screen.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 15 Nov. 2021
  • There are some great visual jokes like a prayer symbol on the overhead panel and a Microsoft blue screen of death on the TV panels.
    — Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2025
  • The 360-degree cameras that malfunction display a blue screen that affects the driver's ability to see.
    — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 31 Jan. 2023
  • But still, just like the relaxing breeze of the eastern shore oceans on Thanksgiving Day, Thurston found solace away from blue screens and in nature.
    — Tonya Abari, Parents, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Their 360-degree rearview cameras may malfunction and display a blue screen that impacts the ability of a driver to see behind them.
    — Rob Wile, NBC News, 27 Jan. 2023

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