television set

Example Sentences

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But watching a Space Shuttle launch on his family's television set changed his perspective: "I thought, 'I really want to drive one of those.'"

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

It’s an altered portable television set, stood on its side, with nothing but a bright white vertical line shining on its screen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2025

In one episode, as Astoria watches a coffee commercial typical of the period, the housewife on the television set appears in the Chambers family home.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2025

Poised with pad in hand, Elizabeth, a chemist, concentrates keenly on her home television set, as if she were observing a chemical reaction.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2023

Except for a portable television set, which they couldn’t connect because they had no electricity, Reba won nothing.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison