Sentence examples for dead microphone from inspiring English sources
The electronic duo Daft Punk stood atop a crystal, before seemingly vacant podiums, and pretended, as far as I could tell, to play synthesizers; later, a clump of backup dancers enacted something like a mosh pit while James Hetfield, of Metallica, sang into a dead microphone.
Monitoring sound with headphones will let you know if you have an unexpected hum or a short in a cable or a dead microphone battery.
Crashed computers, error messages and even dead microphones are part of the game at shows like this.
One after another, members of congress took to the podium to make impassioned speeches calling for tighter gun controls, often citing examples of victims and raising their voices to compensate for the dead microphones.
Noor Mamlouk reading the names of the dead into the microphone in front of Russian consulate.
The microphone went dead as he began introducing her to the crowd.
Mr. Cogan, soldiering on, began discussing the winner and its attributes, unaware that his microphone was dead.
But the microphone was dead, the technician was nowhere to be found and the control room was locked.
Mahmoud Muhim, the father of one of the dead protesters, took the microphone during the march and said: "Not one person has offered me commiserations.
There was a moment of excitement when Dr. King and other speakers assembled on the steps, but a succession of long, rhetorical, and, to a certain extent (when press helicopters buzzed too low or when the microphone went dead), inaudible speeches put a damper on that.
