How to Use voice-over in a Sentence

voice-over

noun
  • Even Ghost Frank’s voice-over says so!
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Some of us argued about the film’s use of voice-over.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2025
  • The voice-over is both truthful and ironic.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2025
  • An actor plays Pagnol in voice-over.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Hackman turned to painting and did voice-over work and writing books.
    — Becca Longmire, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Many of the auditions kids like Honor get are for voice-overs.
    — Lauren Hilgers, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Excerpts from the diary and letter are read in voice-over by actors.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Taylor leaves the film only to remain a presence that haunts it in voice-over.
    — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Suddenly, the voice-over crackles with life.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The service was preceded by a voice-over message from the princess.
    — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Thompson has also done film and television and lots of voice-overs.
    — John Baldoni, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The voice-over artist is thankful that her parents made that decision.
    — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 30 Apr. 2025
  • French loved the theater and supplemented her stage gigs with voice-over work.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Apr. 2026
  • But even when those voice-overs tended to burst at the seams, the stitching remained intact.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Next, voice-over talent helped turn those same stories into radio spots.
    — Rita Soronen, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Meanwhile, the princess, in a voice-over, describes her healing process and hopes for the future.
    — The Week Uk, theweek, 21 Sep. 2024
  • The app has its own default voice for those who don’t use voice-over, which sounds much like Siri or Alexa.
    — Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 4 Aug. 2023
  • On others, creators use the audio as a voice-over to recreate the convo with their own friends.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 22 June 2025
  • At a separate moment, the sounds of a voice-over began playing.
    — Mike Vulpo, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2025
  • By the third season, the voice-over returned by way of Carrie’s novel.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
  • From that point on Mirren’s role is mostly as voice-over for much of the movie, which is told in flashback.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The best place to advertise your voice-over/narration skills is Fiverr.
    — Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The film has a great script, wonderful voice-overs, catchy songs and top notch animation.
    — Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The recording of the voice-over was in a sense more of a labored experience than the filming.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 30 June 2026
  • If at all possible, do not send a picture when sending a voice-over audition.
    — Susan Johnston, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2023
  • The rest of it is an overblown action sequence with horrible dialogue and voice-over work.
    — Jeremy Fassler, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Five days a week were on-set, and the sixth was in a recording studio for additional audio voice-overs.
    — Chaz Kangas, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Hence, for example, the use of music and voice-over at very specific moments.
    — Callum McLennan, Variety, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Without talking heads or voice-over to nudge things along, stories are told entirely in subtext.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Kristen Wiig in a voice-over role also melts hearts as the lovable Roboto.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 2 June 2026

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