telephone
noun
an apparatus, system, or process for transmission of sound or speech to a distant point, especially by an electric device.
was telephoning
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past progressiveof telephone.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Blinken was telephoning world leaders in an effort to decide on a course of action, a State Department spokesman said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2023
President Barack Obama was telephoning lawmakers Monday as he presses for passage of the treaty before Congress adjourns, according to deputy press secretary Bill Burton.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2010
S. Banker-expert James P. Warburg entered the room in which Mr. Hull was telephoning, a meaning jerk of the Secretary of State's head caused him hastily to withdraw.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the morning, some months later, when Germany invaded Russia, Hopkins was telephoning Government lawyers to see if Russia could be included under Lend-Lease.
From Time Magazine Archive
They were listening to the clerk who had compiled the report, who was telephoning now, and Constance, waiting, listened too to learn what he might be hearing.
From The Indian Drum by Edwin Balmer
