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

It is the superintendent of the Wagram Quarter who is telephoning....

From A Nest of Spies by Allain, Marcel

Just now I am anxious to know who it is that is telephoning to 'Mr. Philip Barch' and for what.

From The Riddle of the Night by Hanshew, Thomas W.

"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)