public-address system
noun
variants:
or public address system
Definition of public-address system
: an apparatus including a microphone and loudspeakers used for broadcasting (as to an audience in an auditorium)
Examples of public-address system in a Sentence
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Earlier in the game, the Bulldog Stadium public-address system blared an emergency siren after Fresno State scored a two-point conversion to add to their third-quarter surge. — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, "Antoine Winfield deja vu: This time, Gophers top Fresno State 38-35 in 2 OT thriller," 8 Sep. 2019 Kameron Hawkins may not hear his name called over the public-address system this season. — Los Angeles Times, "Orange Lutheran’s Kameron Hawkins hoping to long snap his way to a scholarship," 29 Aug. 2019 As IFL Commissioner Mike Allshouse got on the public-address system to present the championship trophy to the Storm, the fans who were left booed. — Richard Obert, azcentral, "Short of perfection: Rattlers suffer season's first loss to Sioux Falls Storm in United Bowl," 14 July 2019 Fair staff urged, via the public-address system, vendors to secure loose items and visitors to seek shelter as the weather worsened and a steady rain came down. — David Anderson, baltimoresun.com, "Harford County Farm Fair opens with bout of severe weather," 23 July 2019 Each person’s name becomes a shout, an electronic rumbling on the public-address system, a handle, no longer a name, a thing by which the handler takes hold. — Earl Shorris, Harper's magazine, "El CorralĂłn," 24 June 2019 Inside the embassy, an announcement over the public-address system said that an incident had occurred. — Eva Dou, WSJ, "Explosion Near U.S. Embassy in Beijing," 26 July 2018 But there are no bleachers, no scoreboards, no public-address systems for the matches. — New York Times, "Fields of Green," 8 July 2018 Under the procedure, referees are instructed to stop the game for an announcement on the public-address system when discriminatory behavior is seen or heard. — Kevin Baxter, latimes.com, "Mexican soccer federation fined for discriminatory chants at World Cup," 20 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'public-address system.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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