1.   Hold the microphone in a firm grip and keep it still.

2.   Lift the telephone and hold the microphone next to the telephone earpiece.

3.   My hand shook so much that I could hardly hold the microphone.

4.   But unlike most of the sideline statues shivering in an overcoat and holding a microphone, Malone makes his time count.

5.   Chen held a microphone, calling directions to the army of soldiers onstage, who were literally from the Chinese militia.

6.   Her stage show amounts to hip-shaking dance steps and waving to the crowd with the same hand in which she holds her microphone.

7.   Holding the microphone with both hands, he launches into his litany before a crowded Mercy Hospital auditorium filled with doctors, nurses and staff.

8.   In an act that rivaled Madonna, she spanked her male fans with belts, held a microphone to her crotch and ridiculed Mexican politics.

9.   Mr. December, Henry Hambleton, wears a tuxedo and holds a microphone in a photo taken in front of a stained-glass window.

10.   She stepped up front, grabbed the microphone, took a deep breath and held the microphone high.