running commentaries

Ongoing spoken descriptions

Running commentaries is the plural of running commentary—a continuous spoken description of events as they unfold.

Sports broadcasters deliver running commentaries during games.

The term extends to any ongoing narration: She kept up a running commentary on the other guests' outfits.

The phrase often implies excessive or unwanted detail.

Related

wall-to-wall coverage · announcer · broadcasting · narration · accounts · sportscaster · sideline reporter · on-air talent · reporter · live reporting · live feed · explanations · descriptions · situational awareness · observation skills · analysts · blow-by-blow · articles

Opposites
temporal relationship to events

running commentarieshistorical narratives

Accounts of past events

postmortems · recaps · memoirs · concluding remarks · wrap-ups

continuity of delivery

running commentariesbulletins

Brief public announcements

level of detail and engagement

running commentariessilence

Total lack of sound

no comment

Family

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G