telephone
noun
an apparatus, system, or process for transmission of sound or speech to a distant point, especially by an electric device.
am telephoning
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present progressiveof telephone (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"I am telephoning from the outside, a distant country, a free France."
From Time Magazine Archive
"And here I am telephoning just like Uncle William—Bertram said Uncle William did telephone about me!"
From Miss Billy's Decision by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter
"Don't you know that I allow no one in here when I am telephoning on the private wire?"
From The Vanished Messenger by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
John Doe — 1234 L. Placing Extension Station," This signified — "My name is John Doe, I am telephoning from number 1234, party L. I have finished installing an extension station.
From The Psychology of Management The Function of the Mind in Determining, Teaching and Installing Methods of Least Waste by Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Why, I am telephoning for the doctor, that is all.
From The Hills of Refuge A Novel by Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben
