is phoning
- present progressive of phone (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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It’s supper time where Plant is phoning from his hotel room, and after a dinner down the road, he’s planning to attend a “general knowledge quiz.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
“We could in future see a situation where somebody is phoning 999 because their house is on fire and we could be turning around and saying ‘sorry, there is a delay',” he said.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2024
He and the other team members have been bringing those stars into alignment, and he is phoning to brief me.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 15, 2021
It’s 2 p.m. in the intensive care ward of Marseille’s La Timone hospital, and Dr. Julien Carvelli is phoning families hit by the second wave of the coronavirus with news about their children, husbands, wives.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 17, 2020
I wonder what she is phoning to Mrs. Blakely for?
From Miss Pat at Artemis Lodge by Ginther, Pemberton
