Example Sentences

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"I am telephoning from the outside, a distant country, a free France."

From Time Magazine Archive

"Don't you know that I allow no one in here when I am telephoning on the private wire?"

From The Vanished Messenger by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

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 Gilbreth, Lillian Moller

Why, I am telephoning for the doctor, that is all.

From The Hills of Refuge A Novel by Harben, Will N. (Will Nathaniel)

"And here I am telephoning just like Uncle William—Bertram said Uncle William did telephone about me!"

From Miss Billy's Decision by Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman)