How to Use footage in a Sentence

footage

noun
  • Some disturbing footage of the war was shown on the evening news.
  • In the clip, footage of her late son played across the screen.
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Sentsov lived to tell the tale, or at least to find the footage.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 2 July 2024
  • The door struck Brennand as the car backed up, the footage shows.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Video footage showed a cloud of smoke and flames appearing to come out of the back of the truck.
    Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The footage was shot from inside the plane that Bout boarded.
    CBS News, 9 Dec. 2022
  • The footage depicted girls from the age of about 12 to 15 being raped.
    Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 6 June 2024
  • The footage opens with the family walking up sand dunes on the beach.
    Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 21 Oct. 2022
  • City living and spare square footage rarely go hand in hand.
    Megan Johnson, Architectural Digest, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The deputy then pulls out his handgun and points it at Scott, according to the footage.
    Salvador Hernandezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Each team will start with the same budget and square footage, and the winner will take home a hefty cash prize.
    Rebecca Norris, Country Living, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Owen asked Murdaugh, per the footage shown in court Tuesday.
    Dakin Andone, CNN, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Likely not much could, since the project involves no new footage.
    Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The footage even shows the Moon about to eclipse Earth as Orion travels further out.
    Michael Kan, PCMAG, 29 Nov. 2022
  • It’s all real skin that has been utilized in this way, tracked and painted on to the footage.
    William Earl, Variety, 21 Jan. 2023
  • From the available footage, the game appears to be a 2.5-dimension side-scroller.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 21 June 2023
  • The footage shows widespread destruction in the village.
    Andy Carey, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The group, which released a video for the song using footage from its concerts in Macao, sang the song in Mandarin.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Although Tractor Supply did not have video footage of the theft, the store next door did.
    Sydney Page, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Body-cam video footage shows the officers approach the Dodge, one on each side.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Feb. 2025
  • What happened may seem clear to a layperson viewing the footage.
    Jonah E. Bromwich, New York Times, 5 May 2023
  • There was no provision to allow the news media or the public to see the footage.
    Umar Farooq, ProPublica, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Video footage showed several eggs in motion and smashed on the ground.
    Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The footage includes scenes clearly picking up right after the events at the end of The Batman.
    James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 June 2024
  • Map a 3-foot strip around the room's perimeter; the remaining square footage is the max table size.
    Katy Kiick Condon, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Capture all of the data necessary ahead of time — yes, even the square footage of the classrooms.
    Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The footage drew gasps and cheers, with Ray Stevenson as a Sith cutting rebels with a red sword and using the Force to choke one.
    Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Just Stop Oil said in a statement not long after the footage went viral.
    Fox News, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Otieno's family saw the footage before the video was set to be released to the public.
    Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Size This is where the square footage of your home really comes into play with Valentine’s Day decor.
    Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025

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