telephone
noun
an apparatus, system, or process for transmission of sound or speech to a distant point, especially by an electric device.
were 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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Hours before the President's speech, angry restaurant lobbyists were telephoning Congress.
From Time Magazine Archive
The bank's 493 branch managers were telephoning in reports, and statisticians were preparing to issue Bank of America's six-month financial statement.
From Time Magazine Archive
So we talked it over and in five minutes had given up the idea of going down to Aiken and were telephoning for the stateroom on the Montreal Express.
From The Prairie Wife by Harvey Dunn
It was most interesting, for they were telephoning up to the arsenal after every one that was fired, stating the distances.
From My Diary in Serbia: April 1, 1915-Nov. 1, 1915 by Monica M. Stanley
"Prisoners—Sir Hokus!" shouted the Chief Poker, lifting the Knight's plume and speaking into the helmet as if he were telephoning.
From The Royal Book of Oz In which the Scarecrow goes to search for his family tree and discovers that he is the Long Lost Emperor of the Silver Island by Ruth Plumly Thompson
