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narration

[na-ray-shuhn] / næˈreɪ ʃən /


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The decorated performer also nabbed a Grammy for spoken word, for his narration of "Prokofiev: Peter And The Wolf."

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

Everything seemed against it, from the heavy narration to the creature’s dark insides and the lead’s isolated gloom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

In 2023, he partnered with Los Angeles County Museum of Modern Art to provide guided audio narration for “The Space Between: The Modern in Korean Art”.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

The title track balances ringing classic rock chords mixed with Morello’s trademark Bomb Squad-esque riffs against a half-spoken, half-chanted narration and a white-hot guitar solo.

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026

I lolled them back and forth as the narration continued.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

The chapters alternate between Aubrey’s and Lindsey’s narrations and their voices are so similar that it is easy to mix them up; also, the androgynous character names raise the possibility of gender confusion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Mission San Juan Capistrano was mostly empty as I walked in with a map and a handheld speaker that played short, recorded narrations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026

Hill and Bonsib offered dueling narrations to the jury.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2022

His intention is to make the videos more interesting than just narrations paired with videos of a gamer using the interface, he said.

From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2022

He loves Joan Rivers and never misses her annual red-carpet narrations leading up to the Academy Awards telecasts.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove


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