How to Use public-address system in a Sentence

public-address system

noun
  • The school’s fight song blared through the public-address system.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, kansascity, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Deputies used a public-address system to warn him to leave the island, the report said.
    — Johnny Diaz, New York Times, 3 May 2020
  • Kameron Hawkins may not hear his name called over the public-address system this season.
    — Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2019
  • But there are no bleachers, no scoreboards, no public-address systems for the matches.
    — New York Times, 8 July 2018
  • The explosion shook the building and knocked out the public-address system.
    — Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Bristol announced over its public-address system before the race had even finished that dirt will be back next year.
    — Jenna Fryer, orlandosentinel.com, 31 Mar. 2021
  • These recordings are being aired over the public-address system at low levels, just enough to quell the echo of footsteps.
    — David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2021
  • In midafternoon, a voice came over the public-address system instructing shoppers to leave their carts in the aisles and exit the store.
    — Michael M. Phillips and Brianna Abbott, WSJ, 25 Sep. 2020
  • Modly’s remarks were broadcast on the ship’s public-address system and recorded by some crew members.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2020
  • Police, using their public-address system, ordered to man to place his hands outside the Ranger.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland.com, 11 Jan. 2018
  • Why is the quality of the captain's public-address system so bad compared to the ones that the flight attendants use?
    — John Cox, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2020
  • Fair staff urged, via the public-address system, vendors to secure loose items and visitors to seek shelter as the weather worsened and a steady rain came down.
    — David Anderson, baltimoresun.com, 23 July 2019
  • Inside the embassy, an announcement over the public-address system said that an incident had occurred.
    — Eva Dou, WSJ, 26 July 2018
  • There were several announcements over the public-address system, and these were important.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 20 Sep. 2021
  • In train stations, and subway stations, a voice over the public-address system makes an announcement, routinely.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Each person’s name becomes a shout, an electronic rumbling on the public-address system, a handle, no longer a name, a thing by which the handler takes hold.
    — Earl Shorris, Harper's magazine, 24 June 2019
  • His digging routine with a crude shovel attached to a stick began when nightly radio broadcasts were played over the prison’s public-address system.
    — Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 4 Oct. 2019
  • People took turns talking through a public-address system, and most of the speeches were more personal than political.
    — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 15 June 2020
  • The music playing on the public-address system inside Gill Coliseum shut off, too.
    — oregonlive, 27 Jan. 2020
  • Sato did not get the traditional ride around the speedway in the back of a convertible, being interviewed over the public-address system with the crowd cheering the winner.
    — Jenna Fryer, orlandosentinel.com, 24 Aug. 2020
  • Hometown hip-hop played on the arena public-address system throughout the night, and Detroit rapper Dej Loaf performed on the court ahead of the game.
    — Brian McCollum, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2017
  • The National Anthem was being played through the public-address system but stopped after just a few bars; fans in the arena kept the song going by singing in unison.
    — Tom Lang, Detroit Free Press, 3 Apr. 2021
  • The company charges a fee per performance, and Simpson says that setting the technology up is no more difficult for a live event’s crew than hanging lights or a public-address system.
    — Mike Murphy, Quartz, 16 Nov. 2019
  • Would Chuck Crabb’s familiar baritone over the public-address system even have registered to the man who replaced the man who replaced Bob Knight?
    — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Mar. 2021
  • After Wilson hurled the cleat, the yellow flags flew and referee James Carter got on the stadium public-address system and announced what had just happened.
    — Mike Bianchi, orlandosentinel.com, 13 Dec. 2020
  • Around half an hour later, as Mexico goalkeeper Raul Rangel prepared to take a goal kick, the Azteca public-address system blared out a few bars of music.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 11 June 2026
  • Under the procedure, referees are instructed to stop the game for an announcement on the public-address system when discriminatory behavior is seen or heard.
    — Kevin Baxter, latimes.com, 20 June 2018
  • The awfulness of flying through it — the crowded waiting room, spotty public-address system and exhaust-belching shuttle buses — was a rare source of consensus that endured no matter which party was in power.
    — Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Before Sunday’s race on the road course, Newman felt the need to use the track’s public-address system to give his heartfelt thanks to all of the Daytona track workers and paramedics for helping to save his life six months ago.
    — Mike Bianchi, orlandosentinel.com, 16 Aug. 2020
  • After the game the Suns accepted the Western Conference trophy at midcourt while a tearful Paul was interviewed over the public-address system.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2021

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