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

Without a television set at home, he spent hours at the park, watching and mimicking the performer, using two fingers to tap on imaginary keys until he got his own piano.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2025

No television set that’s made, no screen that you can find, Can compare with that of radio, the theater of the mind.

From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2024

Vonetta and Fern figured that since I talked my way inside Cecile’s kitchen, I should fight harder for other things, namely to have a television set in the house.

From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia