How to Use ventriloquism in a Sentence

ventriloquism

noun
  • First, with her jaw-dropping ventriloquism and, second, with her singing voice.
    — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
  • My rehearsals with my act and overall ventriloquism technique has improved so much since then.
    — Nancy Berk, Forbes, 3 May 2023
  • But, as his reliance on ventriloquism suggests, jokes always depend, in part, on who is telling them.
    — Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2019
  • Nicks then proceeded to do a little bit of jokey ventriloquism with the doll and eventually gave it away to a fan.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Writing lyrics for a fictional band is a peculiar act of ventriloquism.
    — Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Smith writes a bravura monologue, a virtuosic act of ventriloquism.
    — Hermione Hoby, New Republic, 20 Feb. 2018
  • For his birthday a few years ago, a friend bought Twista his first real ventriloquism puppet, named Groucho.
    — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Mărgean performed with the man who inspired her to get into ventriloquism, Terry Fator.
    — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Juggling, however, is generally seen as more of a skill or an art form than a sport, like calligraphy or ventriloquism.
    — Phil Rosenthal, chicagotribune.com, 4 Aug. 2017
  • She was used to doing stage ventriloquism, which involved interacting with puppets without moving the lips.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 26 Feb. 2023
  • The urn, the simulation, doesn’t actually speak about ‘beauty’ or ‘truth’ at all apart from the chameleon poet’s ventriloquism.
    — Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021
  • Cowell commended Muñoz on approaching ventriloquism in a fresh way.
    — Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2022
  • His knack for ventriloquism combined with his spot-on singing impressions wowed viewers, resulting in Fator earning the grand prize.
    — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2023
  • His knack for ventriloquism combined with his spot-on singing impressions wowed viewers, resulting in Fator earning the grand prize.
    — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Your talent is ventriloquism, which is quite unusual for Miss America.
    — Amanda Coyne, Cosmopolitan, 8 Sep. 2017
  • The dances became her favorite part, so Sutherland chose that for her talent at the homecoming pageant, where other students sang opera or performed ventriloquism.
    — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Nov. 2021
  • The Oklahoma native was wowing crowds with her singing ventriloquism acts long before AGT.
    — Courtney Campbell, Country Living, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Smith is also eager to work with young people through ventriloquism, which served as her talent for the Miss America competition.
    — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 24 July 2024
  • Officer Durr, who grew up in the Brookhaven area, was well known in the community for presenting a ventriloquism program at schools and churches.
    — Daniel Victor, New York Times, 28 May 2017
  • Seven miles south of Cincinnati, stranger still, the world’s only museum dedicated to ventriloquism.
    — Chadd Scott, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The therapist, scared and disturbed, asks Jessica if Alice has been studying ventriloquism.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Farmer, who loved to sing as a young child but was fearful of audiences, became interested in ventriloquism while involved in kiddie pageants in her native Oklahoma.
    — Greg Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 4 Apr. 2018
  • In the Middle Ages, ventriloquism was considered witchcraft by Christians, which was punishable by death.
    — Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2022
  • The change in his voice literally sounds like the Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball coach is doing impromptu ventriloquism.
    — Brian Robin, Oc Register, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Ten years ago, Terry Fator was the first to tackle the challenging feat of combining humorous performances with singing ventriloquism.
    — Tatiana Tenreyro, Billboard, 21 Sep. 2017
  • Growing up, Piphus Peace performed at churches, schools, festivals and events, doing both puppeteering and ventriloquism.
    — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Renowned ballerina Marianela Nuñez was whirling through fouettes, while a ventriloquism record explained how to make a dummy recite the alphabet.
    — Lawrence Toppman, charlotteobserver, 23 May 2018
  • Video screens play extended clips from the debate with the volume turned low, while the company’s actors speak the words, synchronizing them to the video—an accomplished kind of ventriloquism, complete with ums, ahs, and stumbles.
    — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2017
  • At the same time, Scott’s act of mass ventriloquism—patient, playful, physically astute and ultimately brave—clarifies something at the heart of Chekhov’s play.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
  • But Glück’s ventriloquism has a purpose beyond character-building or avant-garde experimentation.
    — Daniel Felsenthal, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2024

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