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

"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 Thompson, Ruth Plumly

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

When Hamoud and the servants came running, they found her rigid; but while they were telephoning for the nearest physician the convulsions began.

From Sacrifice by Whitman, Stephen French