PHONE in a Sentence

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For PHONE, below is one of 150 sentences:
I sat down for a few minutes with my head in my hands, until I heard the phone taken up inside and the butler's voice calling a taxi.

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 Meanings and Examples of PHONE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
phone
 n.  (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
 n.  electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
Classic Sentence:
1  I was going to ask to see the rubies when the phone rang and Gatsby took up the receiver.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
2  That was my fault--Gatsby had been called to the phone and I'd enjoyed these same people only two weeks before.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
3  Next day Gatsby called me on the phone.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
4  I sat down for a few minutes with my head in my hands, until I heard the phone taken up inside and the butler's voice calling a taxi.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
5  Just before noon the phone woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
6  Meyer Wolfshiem's name wasn't in the phone book.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
7  The butler gave me his office address on Broadway and I called Information, but by the time I had the number it was long after five and no one answered the phone.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
8  When the phone rang that afternoon and Long Distance said Chicago was calling I thought this would be Daisy at last.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
9  Kennicott suggested, "I'd 'phone for a flivver but it'd take quite a while for it to get here.'"
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
10  At two o'clock Gatsby put on his bathing suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
Example Sentence: (140 in 10 pages)
16  I tried to phone her, but all I got was a recorded message saying that she was away for the weekend.
17  Sophie lifted the phone before the second ring.
18  We get a phone bill monthly.
19  The phone box was vandalized by a gang of youths.
20  In the budget before last a tax penalty on the mobile phone was introduced.
21  Electronic ticketing now allows customers to buy airline seats over the phone.
22  After he was attacked, he managed to stagger to the phone and call for help.
23  I have to make a phone call.
24  I need to make a quick phone call.
25  I don't have any change for the phone but I do have a card, if that's of any use.
26  This cell phone sure is hot stuff.
27  My friends keep badgering me to get a cell phone.
28  Some guy was yapping on his cell phone.
29  I broke off the conversation and answered the phone.
30  Not returning phone calls is a grave crime in today's culture.