telephone , ***
phone , ***** , also: Ameche slang

If a line goes down, we do not call the telephone company.

She took a few minutes to talk about her job by telephone.

Before, she would just call them on the telephone, no matter what the hour.

We were also one of the first to have a telephone.

But what was wrong with using a telephone in the first place?

By telephone, he did his best to hold her hand.

He would change his telephone number and not tell anyone.

People use the telephone a lot on those days, too.

He would not come to the telephone at his home last night.

To get a telephone line, you have to know someone.

She tried to get off the telephone but he kept her on the line.

In time, he might also be able to hear on the telephone.

A telephone number could not be found for the company.

One day he was called from the table for a telephone call.

He was at home and did not return a telephone call.

But he said she could talk with him by telephone.

She seems fine when I talk to her on the telephone.

Now and then he'd talk to family members by telephone.

The group's telephone was out of order and no information could be found about them.

The telephone calls always come in just before the half.

All we did for the first five years was answer the telephone.

The news came by telephone, a day before last call.

The telephone number to call for further information is 693-5595.

He did not return telephone calls to his office over the last two days.

I wanted a telephone number we could call our own.

She and her mother still talk on the phone several times a week.

So we started to talk on the phone a lot and became friends.

For three years, I worked from home with one phone line.

I want the phone line free in case my parents need something.

If he asked for her phone number, she might say no.

They saw the phone number on the side of the building, and called.

Finally, he looked up his own last name in a phone book.

They talk by phone to one another at the same party.

How many minutes a month are you on the phone?

We talk on the phone, sometimes several times a day.

The well came in, and he had phone service from then on.

I called back, but the phone was not in service.

He left the party with her phone number and called two days later.

I asked if he would like to use my phone.

The phone company has been in the information business for years.

Over the phone she asked me how old I was.

More important, next year's phone will cost only half as much.

So, much of their relationship is over the phone, but they are close.

The phone number to call for more information is 232-9555.

They finally set a time to talk on the phone.

The phone call would help police break open the case.

The least you can do is hit me back with a phone call.

Such a system could help more than those without a phone.

The call can be made without money and on any phone.

My phone number is not even in the family name.