Ms. Clarke later said that she abandoned her apartment the morning after receiving the answering-machine message, took the tape and left town.

Of course, don't indicate on your answering-machine message that you are out of town, or broadcast your absence in other ways.

Her name is Laura, and already her voice is on his answering-machine message.

I just want you to record an answering-machine message for me.

Rowe did not respond to answering-machine messages left today at his office.

They were not home, and their answering-machine messages sounded more than a little sarcastic.

He recalled the answering-machine message informing him that Yale had accepted him.

But he's soon leaving eight answering-machine messages in one day and like a teen-ager with a crush, generally refusing to go away.

The first thing he hears are answering-machine messages from tenants hysterical about a flood in the building.

Some leave answering-machine messages telling patients to go to hospital emergency rooms if they cannot wait until office hours.