were telephoning
- past progressive of telephone.
Example Sentences
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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
Hours before the President's speech, angry restaurant lobbyists were telephoning Congress.
From Time Magazine Archive
While they were telephoning and he was waiting, Tabs remembered and smiled at remembering.
From The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel by Dawson, Coningsby
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 Dunn, Harvey
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 Stanley, Monica M.
