talking head
noun
: the televised head and shoulders shot of a person talking
also
: a television personality who appears in such shots
Examples of talking head in a Sentence
The debate was followed by hours of talking heads analyzing the candidates' performances.
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Or just a narrative peddled by talking heads on TV?
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Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
And the cycle of talking heads psychoanalyzing the Huskies’ head coach started all over again.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2025
Interspersed with such footage are talking head interviews with the leads, who are generally situated on comfy-looking sofas.
—Peter Tonguette, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025
The story is told nonlinearly and with a larger narrative framing device in which De Niro as an elderly Costello delivers a documentary-style talking head interview to an unseen interviewer, which serves as the voice-over narration for the film.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2025
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Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
And the cycle of talking heads psychoanalyzing the Huskies’ head coach started all over again.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2025
Interspersed with such footage are talking head interviews with the leads, who are generally situated on comfy-looking sofas.
—Peter Tonguette, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025
The story is told nonlinearly and with a larger narrative framing device in which De Niro as an elderly Costello delivers a documentary-style talking head interview to an unseen interviewer, which serves as the voice-over narration for the film.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for talking head
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“Talking head.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/talking%20head. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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