Mr. Watson, come here, I want you. The first understandable words transmitted over a telephone. From LearnThat.org. [Alexander Graham Bell (1847 - 1922)]
It reminds you that the telephone is a relatively recent technology. From Wordnik.com. [GreenCine Daily: Pre-Code Dispatch. 1.] Reference
I called your telephone program, and I got the Food Mover. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: What's the Best Way to Lose Weight? - June 9, 2000] Reference
I talked to him on the telephone. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Before considering the various types it is well to state that the term telephone is often rather loosely used. From Wordnik.com. [Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc.] Reference
That single telephone is only one hair on the brontosaurus. From Wordnik.com. [June « 2010 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground] Reference
As she ended the call the telephone next to the chair rang. From Wordnik.com. [Secrets Never Told] Reference
And that your telephone is on the fritz and you don't get out much. From Wordnik.com. [April 2006] Reference
He later studied investments in telephone service and senior housing. From Wordnik.com. [The Prize in Economics 2000 - Presentation Speech] Reference
The NSLs are used to obtain telephone, financial, and library records. From Wordnik.com. [Is That Legal?: March 2007 Archives] Reference
Currently, another great improvement in telephone service is under way. From Wordnik.com. [The Accelerating Pace of Progress] Reference
Then I told her about the "Screwball Flag" we had in telephone reference. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-11-01] Reference
The terms telephone office and telephone exchange are frequently confused. From Wordnik.com. [Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc.] Reference
The telephone is new and the sim card is included in all purchases from Telcel. From Wordnik.com. [Can I get a SIM card and use my cell phone from the states?] Reference
He also said, before I could ask too many questions, “The telephone is bad.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Monster of Florence] Reference
Luckily, what he learned over the telephone from the theater corroborated my story. From Wordnik.com. [The Case of Jennie Brice] Reference
I am not aware that there has been a change in telephone service in Baja California. From Wordnik.com. [Internet & Phone Service in Ensenada] Reference
Things to remember the next time you call telephone, or really, any, customer service. From Wordnik.com. [10 Confessions Of A Telephone Company Customer Service Rep - The Consumerist] Reference
The radio-telephone is newer, but I suspect that we shall hear more of it in the future. From Wordnik.com. [What Would United States Naval Parity With Great Britain Mean for Canada?] Reference
The actual strings of lights had already been manufactured for use in telephone switchboards. From Wordnik.com. [29 December -- St Thomas of Canterbury] Reference
One interesting thing about the radio-telephone is that it means the same language at both ends. From Wordnik.com. [What Would United States Naval Parity With Great Britain Mean for Canada?] Reference
Communication has been greatly facilitated by improvement in telephone, telegraph and by aerial broadcast. From Wordnik.com. [The Challenge of Democracy] Reference
She said she called a telephone number from an advertisement that stated she could raise her credit card limit. From Wordnik.com. [Greeley Tribune - Top Stories] Reference
Without speaking to him, the salesman pointed to the dotted line while he called the telephone number he wanted. From Wordnik.com. [Certain Success] Reference
To begin, we called a telephone number and were prompted to read a series of numbers -- which registered our voice. From Wordnik.com. [Burnishing Your Driving Skills] Reference
After Rush's wife, Audry, died at age 51, he called the telephone number of a committee member who sold him a plot. From Wordnik.com. [Oroville Mercury Register Most Viewed] Reference
Nega said whenever it appears the case isn't going to go Siohvaughn Wade's way, her telephone is suddenly turned off. From Wordnik.com. [Judge orders Dwyane Wade's wife taken into custody] Reference
Hotel with 94 rooms, each with TV and telephone, is located 5 minutes (by taxi) or a longish walk from the main square. From Wordnik.com. [Hotels & Accomodations In Oaxaca] Reference
The word that's most often used for answering the telephone is 'Bueno', pronounced with a rising inflection like a question. From Wordnik.com. [Why Hola is not used when answering the telephone?] Reference
While approval of a search warrant by telephone is available, such approval is reserved for the most exigent of circumstances. From Wordnik.com. [Terrorism in the Modern Age: the Event and the Response] Reference
He had with him an old friend, a man he and the detectives had been referring to in telephone conversations as "our friend in Spain.". From Wordnik.com. [The Curse of the Sevso Silver] Reference
In Toronto, I guess that would be the link between cross-subsidies in telephone rates and the lady in leather known as Alannah Myles. From Wordnik.com. [Broadcasting in the Nineties: New Balances, New Perspectives] Reference
"Today the prime minister has handed in his resignation," the spokeswoman told AFP by telephone from the Mongolian capital Ulan Bator. From Wordnik.com. [China Post Online - Taiwan , News , Taiwan newspaper] Reference
Or the "telephone" -- which involves electricity applied to the testicles when they call you up. From Wordnik.com. ["The Waterboard Thrill Ride" art installation.] Reference
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