How to Use PA system in a Sentence

PA system

noun
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  • At the same time, the cabin crew asked on the PA system if there were any doctors on board.
    — Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY, 13 June 2023
  • Drowning out the sounds of the A’s PA system were the chants of fans who had arrived for the reverse boycott.
    — Sam Warren, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 June 2023
  • Oh, and the last songs to play over the PA system before screening began?
    — Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2023
  • The riverboat captains used a PA system to try to address the situation, but to no avail.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Sound will be blasted out of the main stage PA system, but an FM transmitter is an option in the event of inclement weather.
    — Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 23 Sep. 2020
  • Soulful gospel music rang from the PA system as attendees fanned themselves in the dappled shade.
    — Kevin Lee, The New Republic, 8 Aug. 2022
  • After the ground stop was lifted, Mongello said the pilot announced over the PA system at the gate that boarding would recommence.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 11 Jan. 2023
  • The PA system started playing the entrance song of reliever Andrew Wantz, who started making his way down the stairs from the bullpen toward the field.
    — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Their music has bellowed through the PA system during timeouts and replay reviews for years.
    — Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Several law enforcement officers could be seen walking through the mall with rifles as a PA system told shoppers to seek shelter.
    — Paul Best, Fox News, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Every emphatic slur and enthusiastic cheer that erupted from the PA system echoed in the Burbank studio.
    — Jake S. Friedman, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 2022
  • Basic karaoke machines generally do not include a professional-grade PA system, but more of a home-stereo speaker.
    — Michael Pollick, chicagotribune.com, 25 Sep. 2020
  • During the chant, a recorded drumbeat blares over the stadium’s PA system while a digital tomahawk rhythmically chops on the scoreboard.
    — Louise Radnofsky, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2021
  • Basically, there have been reports of bizarre sounds emanating from the PA system on at least half a dozen separate American Airlines flights that have been described as a cross between someone groaning, orgasming, and vomiting.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Oxford High’s PA system is unintelligible in certain areas, which could hinder emergency notification.
    — Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press, 8 May 2023

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