How to use telephone in a sentence

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More sentences with telephone

• His hands were too fat to operate the dial on the telephone.From the entry dial
• How much is that Rolls Royce? We are talking telephone numbers.From the entry telephone number
• Further to our recent telephone call, I am writing to clarify certain points raised.From the entry further
• The four of us should hold a telephone conference next week.From the entry telephone conference
• Send a letter, then follow up promptly with a telephone call.From the entry follow up
• Wireless phone technology led to the disappearance of once-common coiled cords for telephone handsets.From the entry disappearance
• Racing to answer the ringing telephone, he left the toilet unflushed and did not wash his hands.From the entry unflushed
• The telephone rang during breakfast, so I left the newspaper unperused and went to answer it.From the entry unperused
• We installed a bug in her telephone.From the entry bug
• The one-party consent law permits the recording of telephone calls with the consent of at least one of the parties.From the entry recording
• Her telephone has been busy all day.From the entry busy
• Please desist from telephoning me at this number.From the entry desist
• He does not even possess a working telephone.From the entry possess
• When you've finished using the telephone, please replace the handset.From the entry replace
• At peak times, a telephone operator must handle a number of calls, one on top of the next.From the entry on top of
• The telephone and television are coevals in that film.From the entry coeval
• OK, sunshine, listen up and listen good. There's five vandalised telephone boxes out there and I know you're responsible.From the entry sunshine
• Their entire national telephone network is isochronous, with a clock distribution tree radiating from a single, protected cesium reference clock.From the entry isochronous
• Because they are generally quite thick, old telephone books are sometimes used in informal tests of a weapon's cutting ability.From the entry telephone book
• Telephone boxes have largely given place to mobile phones.From the entry give place
• A polychronic person may watch television, surf the Internet and talk on the telephone at the same time.From the entry polychronic
• When the telephone first came along, it was mostly just for businesses and rich people, but eventually almost everyone got one.From the entry come along
• Ask the billpayer before calling premium-rate telephone numbers.From the entry billpayer
• He answered the telephone in a gruffish voice.From the entry gruffish
• Do a drop for the telephone gang, then another drop for the Internet gang, both through the ceiling of the wiring closet.From the entry drop
• We're going to have to get a second telephone line installed at our house, because the teenagers spend so much time talking to their friends.From the entry telephone line
• When dialling a modern telephone, the telephone number is encoded and transmitted inband across the telephone line as a set of audible tones.From the entry inband
• My telephone company now offers e-billing: it saves paper and allows me to check my bill on the Internet at any time.From the entry e-billing
• I saw Charlie last night in the club car. When we get to Chicago, he's going to telephone Mr. Brown for further instructions.From the entry club car
• This theoretical weapon would drop telephone pole sized rods of dense tungsten from a satellite in orbit.2025 May 12, Jeff Edwards, “Rods from God: Unleashing Orbital Kinetic Bombardment as a Theoretical Defense System”, in Mira Safety. From the entry tungsten
• Thus conceived, Effeticus would sit “besceptered on a lofty throne” with an “Interglobal telephone” as his crown.2020, Robert Lecker, “1957–1972”, in Who Was Doris Hedges? The Search for Canada’s First Literary Agent, Montreal, Que.; Kingston, Ont.…. From the entry besceptered

Meaning of telephone

1. noun A telecommunication device which converts data or sounds (usually speech) into electrical signals which are then transmitted to enable two or more people to communicate with each other over a distance; now usually a device having a dial or keypad with numerals for entering a number, etc., to connect with a person, and means (such as a sound or vibration) for alerting one to an incoming call or transmission; also, the handset or receiver of such a device.
2. noun A means of communicating information from one person to another or others.
3. noun Now chiefly preceded by a descriptive word: a simple communication device which converts sounds (usually speech) into mechanical vibrations along a string, wire, etc.

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Questions about telephone in a sentence

How do you use telephone in a sentence?

Telephone is used as a noun and verb. For example: “His hands were too fat to operate the dial on the telephone.”

What is a short sentence with telephone?

“Why didn't I telephone?”

What does telephone mean?

Telephone means a telecommunication device which converts data or sounds (usually speech) into electrical signals which are then transmitted to enable two or more people to communicate with each other over a distance; now usually a device having a dial or keypad with numerals for entering a number, etc., to connect with a person, and means (such as a sound or vibration) for alerting one to an incoming call or transmission; also, the handset or receiver of such a device.