Sentence examples for the speaker above from inspiring English sources

In a little sushi restaurant in Syracuse, George Saunders conceded that, sure, one reality was that he and I were a couple guys talking fiction and eating avocado salad and listening to Alanis Morissette coming from the speaker above our heads.

An old song played through the speaker above, folksy, with mandolin, and his thoughts went to nothing, as if the reverberations of the melodies carried away all sense of weight and purpose.

Above the high-street blare barging out of the speakers, above the metallic stomp of low-end reverberations shaking the sheet-metal floor of the bar, you pick up on the kind of noise that can only be accurately referred to as a "commotion".

The low-end is a bit weak but, in general, the speakers are above average as far as netbooks go.

John Boehner, the speaker (pictured above), says he will not put the Senate bill to a vote.

"Order! Order!" Every Wednesday in Britain's Parliament the thin, strangulated cry of the Speaker rises above the din of Prime Minister's Questions.

The amendments came after frantic negotiations between Nancy Pelosi, the speaker (pictured above), and conservative Democratic representatives, whose support for the bill was essential.

For good measure, among UK officials the Speaker ranks above all non-royal individuals other than the prime minister, lord chancellor and lord president of the council (whoever/whatever that is).

"Order," the Speaker shouted above the swell of noise.

The researchers found that the baby coral inevitably swam toward the speakers, even when the speaker was above them (the larvae have a natural tendency to swim downward).

The speaker quoted above is Jane Golden, director of the Mural Arts Program, an internationally acclaimed organization (and a city agency) that has helped residents create more than 3,000 murals throughout Philadelphia over the years.