Orwell's machine, which he calls the telescreen, is a two-way television. From Wordnik.com. [Bye-Bye, Big Brother] Reference
These public cameras - the embodiment of the Orwellian "telescreen" - have ushered in a new cinematography. From Wordnik.com. [Yoani Sanchez: Big Brother Really Is Watching Us; Here Is the Video to Prove It] Reference
Instead it was some kind of telescreen that passed that laser pointer back through time. From Wordnik.com. [Deja Vu] Reference
I wrote 'telescreen' on it with a small permanent marker. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference
Ampleforth, and risk the yell from the telescreen. From Wordnik.com. [Nineteen Eighty-four] Reference
The woman on the telescreen had started a new song. From Wordnik.com. [Nineteen Eighty-four] Reference
Whichever way you turned, the telescreen faced you. From Wordnik.com. [Nineteen Eighty-four] Reference
The telescreen received and transmitted simultaneously. From Wordnik.com. [Nineteen Eighty-four] Reference
“I saw once on a telescreen interview,” he remarked. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Book of Stormgate]
Minutes passed; then Beran was called to the telescreen. From Wordnik.com. [The Languages of Pao]
There was a furious, deafening roar from the telescreen. From Wordnik.com. [Nineteen Eighty-four] Reference
At this moment the telescreen let out a piercing whistle. From Wordnik.com. [Nineteen Eighty-four] Reference
He thought of the telescreen with its never-sleeping ear. From Wordnik.com. [Nineteen Eighty-four] Reference
He is a face on the hoardings, a voice on the telescreen. From Wordnik.com. [Nineteen Eighty-four] Reference
The telescreen had changed over to strident military music. From Wordnik.com. [Nineteen Eighty-four] Reference
The music from the telescreen stopped and a voice took over. From Wordnik.com. [Nineteen Eighty-four] Reference
He started to mention it to Koa just as the telescreen lit up. From Wordnik.com. [Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet] Reference
She'd just straightened the curtains when her telescreen buzzed. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
The fabulous statistics continued to pour out of the telescreen. From Wordnik.com. [Nineteen Eighty-four] Reference
"I saw it on the telescreen, the security forces stopped them --". From Wordnik.com. [This Crowded Earth] Reference
Something changed in the music that trickled from the telescreen. From Wordnik.com. [Nineteen Eighty-four] Reference
After the stopping of the telescreen the room seemed deadly silent. From Wordnik.com. [Nineteen Eighty-four] Reference
Winston walked over to the window, keeping his back to the telescreen. From Wordnik.com. [Nineteen Eighty-four] Reference
The picture had fallen to the floor uncovering the telescreen behind it. From Wordnik.com. [Nineteen Eighty-four] Reference
If you made unexpected movements they yelled at you from the telescreen. From Wordnik.com. [Nineteen Eighty-four] Reference
From the telescreen a brassy female voice was squalling a patriotic song. From Wordnik.com. [Nineteen Eighty-four] Reference
On a certain evenwatch he had, though, been seated before his telescreen. From Wordnik.com. [Explorations]
He was waiting with his hand on the switch that controlled the telescreen. From Wordnik.com. [Nineteen Eighty-four] Reference
For the first time in many years he forgot the presence of the telescreen. From Wordnik.com. [Nineteen Eighty-four] Reference
On a certain even watch he had, though, been seated before his telescreen. From Wordnik.com. [The Clique] Reference
For some reason the telescreen in the living-room was in an unusual position. From Wordnik.com. [Nineteen Eighty-four] Reference
Valti located a moving speck on it and adjusted a telescreen for an enlarged view. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Way Home]
Nor could they watch events unfolding on the globe on a massive telescreen like I was. From Wordnik.com. [Born In The Eye Of The Storm] Reference
No one cared what he did any longer, no whistle woke him, no telescreen admonished him. From Wordnik.com. [Nineteen Eighty-four] Reference
And on that occasion — — ‘Smith!’ screamed the shrewish voice from the telescreen. From Wordnik.com. [Nineteen Eighty-four] Reference
There was no telescreen, but there must be hidden microphones: besides, they could be seen. From Wordnik.com. [Nineteen Eighty-four] Reference
Luckily, when he unrolled it, it had been upside-down from the point of view of the telescreen. From Wordnik.com. [Nineteen Eighty-four] Reference
He had the air of trying to keep what he was saying a secret between himself and the telescreen. From Wordnik.com. [Nineteen Eighty-four] Reference
Through the midday hours he sat with glazed face, the bottle handy, listening to the telescreen. From Wordnik.com. [Nineteen Eighty-four] Reference
"But that's because of Ag shortages, according to the telescreen reports --" He stood up, gulping. From Wordnik.com. [This Crowded Earth] Reference
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