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megaphone

[ UK /mˈɛɡəfˌə‍ʊn/ ]
[ US /ˈmɛɡəˌfoʊn/ ]
NOUN
  1. a cone-shaped acoustic device held to the mouth to intensify and direct the human voice

How To Use megaphone In A Sentence

  • In an attempt to break the strike, management used megaphones to instruct the afternoon shift, who were gathered in a car park, to return to work or face immediate dismissal.
  • However, the new laws also target a group of protesters that used very loud megaphones which made it difficult for people working in many Commons offices to concentrate.
  • I wanted to hand him a megaphone. Times, Sunday Times
  • What he is talking about is not really astroturfing, but rather the granting of some individuals a big megaphone.
  • The large ship lowered down, as the megaphone boomed out a cry from three different voices.
  • Both of these factors encourage restraint rather than megaphone diplomacy. Times, Sunday Times
  • They have got to start seriously engaging with their own MPs and they will not do that just by shouting at us through a megaphone.
  • The loud girl with the megaphone had stopped screaming.
  • Megan Kennedy is called megaphone because she doesn't need one. The Kennedys
  • The other hand can be cupped like a megaphone to direct the sound.
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