Example sentences for: documentaries

How can you use “documentaries” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Moyers' documentaries are languorous, even soporific.

  • Unlike Ken Burns' other epic documentaries ( Civil War was nine hours long and Baseball , 18), his biography of the third president is a brief three hours.

  • "You don't have to be smart or art-historically sophisticated to understand these," a Chihuly's assistant explains in one of several documentaries on him by Seattle's public TV station.

  • Television coverage struggled to make something out of nothing, says Shales: "Directors of live historical events appear to think they are making documentaries about the events rather than transmitting them into American homes."

  • the same sentimentality and earnestness he throws over every subject" (James Collins, Time ). Techniques recycled from Burns' documentaries on baseball and the Civil War--including background fiddle music and actors reading wistful letters--are singled out as especially grating.


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