microphone• Beldock takes her place behind a microphone during morning assembly and surveys 1,200 faces whose heritagespans six continents.• He was handed a microphone, but with an irony that summarised Labour's plight, it failed to work.• The user makes a local call to dial into the Internet, then talks into a microphone.• We shout our hatred of them at public forums and into radio and televisionmicrophones.• He sights a bird and aims the microphone in its direction.• In this case another usher or bridesmaid could take over the duty of checking the microphone.• She can allow speakers to overrun by 20 seconds before cutting off their microphone.• The idea of using two microphonesappeals to me because it could stimulate two ears.