is telephoning
- present progressive of telephone (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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As if the person who is telephoning me is there, instead of being miles away where I can’t see them.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
At night, though, when I am in bed, of course there is no question of my leaving politely so that the person who is telephoning can talk without being overheard.
From Four and Twenty Beds by Vogel, Nancy
"Colin is telephoning to the club for lemonades and things," she said; "he'll be back in a minute."
From Contrary Mary by Bailey, Temple
He was the nearest approach to the financier on the films, the fellow who makes his jaw-muscles jump when he is telephoning, that I have ever seen.
From The Clicking of Cuthbert by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
And that unless I am operated on at once—And that even if—He is telephoning to the hospital.
From Sacred and Profane Love by Bennett, Arnold
