How to Use master of ceremonies in a Sentence

master of ceremonies

noun phrase
  • Lisa Fiedrichs will serve as master of ceremonies.
    — Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
  • And the weather is not just an issue for the master of ceremonies.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Jan. 2026
  • For the fourth year in a row, Trevor Noah will be master of ceremonies.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Hall of Famer Jon Miller served as the master of ceremonies.
    — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Duane Kuiper and Mike Krukow served as the masters of ceremonies.
    — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The master of ceremonies at this year’s gala will be Josh Lawson.
    — Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
  • McEntire has served as the master of ceremonies for the awards show 18 times.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 6 May 2025
  • Gillis opened the show, poking fun at Hart's height and race, while serving as the host and master of ceremonies.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
  • Yoshida was a celebrity in the yakuza world, famous for his skills as a master of ceremonies in yakuza rituals.
    — Jake Adelstein, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2023
  • His absence also left an opening for someone to serve as the event’s public face and master of ceremonies.
    — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The majority appear to want to watch their master of ceremonies suffer.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 9 June 2026
  • The benevolent master of ceremonies left a care kit beneath each audience member's seat for the nearly four-hour show.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Finally, the writer Pete Hamill, the master of ceremonies, said there was one more guest.
    — James Barron, New York Times, 21 July 2023
  • Jimmy Fallon, who served as master of ceremonies, kicked things off with a Blues Brothers homage.
    — Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Bob Hope holds the record for the most times hosting the Oscars, serving as master of ceremonies 19 times.
    — Lucia Suarez Sang, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Award-winning journalist Katie Couric serves as master of ceremonies.
    — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Brett Nila will serve as the master of ceremonies and David Buerstetta will be the chaplain.
    — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
  • And comedian Conan O'Brien has been tapped to serve as this year's master of ceremonies.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Comedian and actor Kevin Hart served as master of ceremonies.
    — Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 2 June 2023
  • Collectors took turns handing over ancient 78s to a master of ceremonies who laid them reverently on the turntable.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 20 Sep. 2023
  • As seen in a Facebook video of the surprise moment, the crowd of women excitedly stretched their hands in the air as the master of ceremonies counted to three.
    — Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
  • What other master of ceremonies can navigate doing challenge play-by-play in 118-degree heat?
    — Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Throughout the evening, the British actor David Ajala served as master of ceremonies, even getting some guests to join him onstage for a quick boogie.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 Nov. 2025
  • But what about if or when the Hostmaster General does finally decide to retire as master of ceremonies?
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 23 June 2026
  • Bob Hope holds the record for the most times as the Oscars' master of ceremonies at 19, but hosts now rarely return to emcee after their first or second time.
    — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Lujack was the master of ceremonies for the Heisman Trophy for more than a dozen years and remained active in the Iowa dealership.
    — Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2023
  • And that host is Survivor master of ceremonies and orange hat enthusiast Jeff Probst.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 21 June 2023
  • The award ceremony would be held on December 7, with the president himself slated to act as master of ceremonies.
    — Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
  • For the fifth consecutive year, Trevor Noah will be hosting the 2025 Grammy Awards. Noah, 40, served as the master of ceremonies from 2021 to 2024.
    — Marina Watts, People.com, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Momoa will be the week’s recurring master of ceremonies, dipping in and out of the channel’s roughly 20 new hours of programs that start Sunday.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 23 July 2023

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