How to Use commentate in a Sentence

commentate

verb

• He will be commentating on tomorrow night's game.
• To then commentate World Cups and not be a part of it, that was a much greater pool of races for me.
  — Dan Gartland, SI.com, 2 Feb. 2018
• Zeller has agreed to commentate, but the 7-foot-1 novice gamer is flirting with the idea of playing.
  — Jon Blau, Indianapolis Star, 11 May 2020
• During its first run, the Johns would commentate in front of a green screen of pre-recorded footage.
  — Sly Sanchez, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2021
• Snoop Dogg, who is scheduled to commentate the event, offered to bump the bet up to $2 million.
  — Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2021
• Eurosport hired him to commentate on the Australian Open.
  — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2023
• Rivers is part of the network's lead commentating team, alongside Mike Breen and Doris Burke.
  — USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2024
• The Kelce brothers will commentate and referee each event.
  — Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 11 Apr. 2024
• Those who wanted to hear the president commentate over pay-per-view were instructed to switch on a secondary audio feed.
  — Mario Ariza, sun-sentinel.com, 12 Sep. 2021
• Crowned world champion in 1982, the eighth-dan judoka today spends her time coaching and commentating around the world.
  — Loretta Cusack-Doyle, CNN, 26 Apr. 2018
• But that didn’t stop him from continuing to commentate on Congress.
  — Dominic Pino, National Review, 20 Jan. 2024
• And because platforms like YouTube allow accounts like this to exist under the guise of commentating, the videos can be monetized, letting the cash roll in.
  — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2023
• Just save the audio of the camera operators during the show's intense moments, and have McKinnon on to commentate and host.
  — Kathryn Lindsay, refinery29.com, 21 Mar. 2018
• Donohue said there will be no restrictions on which topics Smith can commentate or report.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2022
• When that happens, the other key member of the team—another former pro cyclist, Christian Vande Velde—is often on hand to commentate.
  — Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 20 July 2023
• Colin Jost might be busy commentating on surfing in Tahiti for the 2024 Summer Olympics right now, but he's got another exciting new gig lined up for the fall.
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 31 July 2024
• Brandi Chastain has gone on to coach, commentate and advocate for women’s leadership in sports.
  — Dallas News, 12 Oct. 2022
• When the club gathered Friday evening to hear George commentate the 2018 gold medal match, members — each wearing club T-shirts and mock gold medals around their necks — fired question after question at him, seeking to learn more from his expertise.
  — Hayes Gardner, The Courier-Journal, 27 Jan. 2020
• The show features Peyton and Eli commentating and analyzing plays, along with inviting guest commentators on the show.
  — Jacklyn Krol, Peoplemag, 19 Aug. 2023
• The introduction of a jury system and the opening of courts to the public turned criminal trials into a new kind of theater, and newspapers—suddenly abundant—were keen to commentate on the show.
  — Jennifer Wilson, The New Republic, 28 Dec. 2021
• Les Miles may never be allowed to commentate another Nebraska game lol.
  — Nick Krueger, ajc, 16 Sep. 2017
• Wagner is 28 now, no longer competing but still a top skating show performer while commentating on her sport on TV and speaking at skating seminars.
  — Christine Brennan, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2019
• According to Hume, commissioning a caricature can be like inviting a third party to commentate on how your date is going.
  — Serena Puang, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Aug. 2021
• Then, the fourth annual ‘dodge bowl’ competition begins, commentated by Jesse Palmer and guest Liz Habib, with coveted time rewarded to the winning team at the afterparty.
  — Kturnqui, oregonlive, 3 July 2023
• Wills is usually a spectator, commentating on the show only with his facial expressions.
  — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 19 June 2018
• Sports journalists in several countries marked milestones in Moscow, becoming the first to commentate live men’s matches on television.
  — Siobhan Morrin, Time, 3 July 2018
• Thursday, Aldi will commentate the occasion with grand-opening events that include a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 8 a.m and giveaways.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2019
• In 2023 this is going to be amplified by an odd tension between our inherent desire to watch and even commentate on celebrity (people and brands) and an increasingly surgical response when that quest for fame crashes and burns.
  — Michael Gale, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
• Fans can regularly see them on television, hosting events, commentating on football games and being the spokespeople for various businesses.
  — Jacklyn Krol, Peoplemag, 19 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 7 Dec 2024