TELEPHONE in a Sentence
Learn TELEPHONE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
102 example sentences for TELEPHONE, such as:
1. I'll telephone my sister Catherine.
2. You threw me over on the telephone.
3. There's a telephone call for you, Mr Baron.
4. The black crow perched on the telephone pole.
5. My boss doesn't allow me to use the telephone.
2. You threw me over on the telephone.
3. There's a telephone call for you, Mr Baron.
4. The black crow perched on the telephone pole.
5. My boss doesn't allow me to use the telephone.
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Meanings and Examples of TELEPHONE
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telephone
v. get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
n. transmitting speech at a distance
Classic Sentence: (39 in 3 pages)
1 When, almost immediately, the telephone rang inside and the butler left the porch Daisy seized upon the momentary interruption and leaned toward me.
2 She might have the decency not to telephone him at dinner-time.
3 The telephone rang inside, startlingly, and as Daisy shook her head decisively at Tom the subject of the stables, in fact all subjects, vanished into air.
4 To a certain temperament the situation might have seemed intriguing--my own instinct was to telephone immediately for the police.
5 I'll telephone my sister Catherine.
6 Sitting on Tom's lap Mrs. Wilson called up several people on the telephone; then there were no cigarettes and I went out to buy some at the drug store on the corner.
7 "He has to telephone," said Mr. Wolfshiem, following him with his eyes.
8 Through the hall of the Buchanans' house blew a faint wind, carrying the sound of the telephone bell out to Gatsby and me as we waited at the door.
9 Simultaneously I heard his voice, gruff, muffled, husky, at the hall telephone.
10 The telephone book slipped from its nail and splashed to the floor, whereupon Jordan whispered "Excuse me"--but this time no one laughed.
11 No telephone message arrived but the butler went without his sleep and waited for it until four o'clock--until long after there was any one to give it to if it came.
12 You threw me over on the telephone.
13 The auto, the telephone, rural free delivery; they're bringing the farmers in closer touch with the town.
14 The street was cluttered with electric-light poles, telephone poles, gasoline pumps for motor cars, boxes of goods.
15 On a slow afternoon when she fidgeted over sewing and wished that the telephone would ring, Bea announced Miss Vida Sherwin.
Example Sentence: (63 in 5 pages)
1 Mr Dennis said he had requested access to a telephone.
2 Employees must on no account make personal telephone calls from the office.
3 I'll give you my address and telephone number.
4 Write your name, address and telephone number in the blank spaces at the top of the page.
5 The new telephone rates will affect all consumers including businesses.
6 I had just popped out for a breath of fresh air,and missed your telephone call.
7 My boss doesn't allow me to use the telephone.
8 Please telephone this number if you require any further information.
9 In a coded telephone warning, Scotland Yard were told four bombs had been planted in the area.
10 The doctor was in touch by telephone with his patients.
11 Swimming pools usually come under 'leisure centres' in the telephone directory.
12 You can set the telephone bill down as a business cost.
13 The black crow perched on the telephone pole.
14 There's a telephone call for you, Mr Baron.
15 Note down her telephone number in case you forget.