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How to use radio in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Radio means the technology that allows for the transmission of sound or other signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves. Example: “We heard a lovely song on the radio.”

Examples of radio by meaning

nounThe technology that allows for the transmission of sound or other signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves.

  • send a message by radio

nounA device that can capture (receive) the signal sent over radio waves and render the modulated signal as sound.

  • (of a song, person, etc.) to be on the radio
  • We heard a lovely song on the radio.
  • She was listening to the radio when he knocked on the door.

verbTo order or assist (to a location), using telecommunications.

  • Or if they're out in the field, radio them in.”2002, Jack Dave, Death Bridge, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 40
  • When she arrived, she was told that Tad wasn't there and to have a seat and wait while they radioed him in.2006, Kimberly Johnson, Amy's Secret, page 14

More sentences with radio

  • It is Marconi whose name is associated with the development of radio.From the entry whose
  • While sitting listening to the radio by the hour, she can drink brandy by the bucketful!From the entry by
  • Over the air, they advertise their product on drive-time radio talk shows and TV news shows.From the entry advertise
  • The clock radio is a friendlier version of the cold alarm by the bedside.From the entry alarm
  • Many radar systems use a combination of radio waves and microwaves.From the entry microwave
  • Use "say again" instead of repeat on the radio. Repeat will bring in artillery fire.From the entry repeat
  • Delbert Wilkins is the most crucial pirate radio DJ in Brixton.From the entry crucial
  • The legalisation of free radios caused a bitter fight for airspace.From the entry airspace
  • These old valve radios take a few minutes to warm up.From the entry warm up
  • Where the radio-wave signals of the two radio stations interfere the listener hears nothing but noise.From the entry interfere
  • I can hardly hear you over the blare of the radio.From the entry blare
  • Their music may not be worthy of radio time, but it's nothing to sneeze at.From the entry nothing to sneeze at
  • Those Japanese radios were a nice little earner: we sold all of them by lunchtime.From the entry earner
  • In a radio transmitter you modulate the carrier wave; in the receiver you demodulate it.From the entry demodulate
  • Playing a radio in the office did not go over well with his coworkers.From the entry go over
  • Before he signed off the radio station for the night, the disc jockey played the National Anthem.From the entry sign off
  • After the abuse scandal, the company went into complete radio silence.From the entry radio silence
  • She achieved success when her first single was playlisted on national radio.From the entry playlist
  • The radio signal was staticky and we could barely hear the announcer.From the entry staticky
  • Any new radio station must be assigned a noninterfering frequency range.From the entry noninterfering
  • We couldn't fix the old radio, so we consigned it to the dustheap.From the entry dustheap
  • Light music was especially popular during the formative years of radio broadcasting.From the entry light music
  • Get a load of my no-fidelity radio: my neighbor is singing off-tune while he weeds his garden.From the entry no fidelity
  • Marconi set up the company who made the first radios.From the entry company
  • Thomas listened to his favorite song on the radio yesterday.From the entry song
  • She started out as a joke-writer on the radio, and first performed as a comic at the ages of 30.From the entry comic
  • He sits listening to the radio by the hour.From the entry by
  • The concert was broadcast live by radio.From the entry live
  • The radio was playing in the background.From the entry play
  • Their single got a play on the radio.From the entry play
  • Turn up the radio and sing along.From the entry turn up
  • I’ve heard that song on the radio so many times that I’m starting to get sick of it.From the entry sick
  • For popular radio stars in New York and Los Angeles, it was a short hop to network television.From the entry hop
  • The radio station changed the format of its evening program.From the entry format

Meaning of radio

  1. noun The technology that allows for the transmission of sound or other signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves.
  2. noun A device that can capture (receive) the signal sent over radio waves and render the modulated signal as sound.
  3. noun Any audio playing device, such as the on-board entertainment system in a car, usually including a radio receiver as well as the capability to play audio from recorded media; see also car radio.

Full definition of radio

Questions about radio in a sentence

How do you use radio in a sentence?
Radio is used as a noun and verb. For example: “We heard a lovely song on the radio.”
What is a short sentence with radio?
“send a message by radio”
What does radio mean?
Radio means the technology that allows for the transmission of sound or other signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: radio (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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