TELEVISION in a Sentence

Learn TELEVISION from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

140 example sentences for TELEVISION, such as:

1. This is a color television.
2. I don't want to watch television.
3. A television camera panned the stadium.
4. Seeing too much violence on television can desensitize people to it.
5. I tend to watch the television for pleasure rather than edification.

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 Meanings and Examples of TELEVISION
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
television
 n.  a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points
 n.  broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects
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16  This evidence supports the view that there is too much violence on television.
17  Seeing too much violence on television can desensitize people to it.
18  The English word " television " is a mongrel because " tele " comes from Greek and " vision " from Latin.
19  I tend to watch the television for pleasure rather than edification.
20  I don't want to watch television.
21  A television camera panned the stadium.
22  There's a closed-circuit television camera in the reception area.
23  It has the trappings of an election campaign in the United States, with slick television ads touting the candidates.
24  The campaign has been gaining momentum ever since the television appeal.
25  The soldiers commandeered vehicles in the capital and occupied the television station.
26  Amid indications of growing disorder in the capital, the president is to make a speech on television tonight.
27  They then barred him from watching Prisoner Cell Block H, before extending it to a total television ban.
28  In the past central government had a monopoly on television broadcasting.
29  Everyone seems to want to get into television to claim their share of fame and fortune.
30  This is a color television.