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. You threw me over on the telephone.
2. I'll telephone my sister Catherine.
3. Someone had cut the telephone wires.
4. The telephone wire is cut off in this house.
5. I will telephone you directly I hear the news.

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 Meanings and Examples of TELEPHONE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
telephone
 n.  phone, a device that uses electrical signals to make it possible to speak to someone in another place
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.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
2  She might have the decency not to telephone him at dinner-time.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
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.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
4  To a certain temperament the situation might have seemed intriguing--my own instinct was to telephone immediately for the police.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
5  I'll telephone my sister Catherine.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
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.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
7  "He has to telephone," said Mr. Wolfshiem, following him with his eyes.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
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.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
9  Simultaneously I heard his voice, gruff, muffled, husky, at the hall telephone.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
10  The telephone book slipped from its nail and splashed to the floor, whereupon Jordan whispered "Excuse me"--but this time no one laughed.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
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.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
12  You threw me over on the telephone.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
13  The auto, the telephone, rural free delivery; they're bringing the farmers in closer touch with the town.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
14  The street was cluttered with electric-light poles, telephone poles, gasoline pumps for motor cars, boxes of goods.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
15  On a slow afternoon when she fidgeted over sewing and wished that the telephone would ring, Bea announced Miss Vida Sherwin.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
Example Sentence: (63 in 5 pages)
16  He was muttering on the telephone so I asked him to speak more clearly.
17  She can't come to the telephone; she's serving a client.
18  The commercial telephone service was no longer operative.
19  This is a luxurious car complete with air conditioning and telephone.
20  Someone has been listening in on my telephone conversation.
21  Someone had cut the telephone wires.
22  The telephone wire is cut off in this house.
23  Communication with other countries was difficult during the telephone and postal strike.
24  I will telephone you directly I hear the news.
25  The idea eventually led to the invention of the telephone.
26  Norton's Coin was not the subject of videos and telephone hotlines and fan clubs and exquisitely crafted models and opinion polls.
27  Showered, under the ceiling fan in his room at the Coligny, Converse woke to the telephone.
28  This portable device enables deaf people to telephone the hospital by typing a message instead of speaking.
29  Every hotel room has a colour TV, telephone and hospitality tray.
30  Massive investment is needed to modernise the country's telephone network.