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Meanings of using the telephone in English

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Usage of using the telephone in English
1
Ella was using the telephone as if it were a cabinet for secrets.
The Coast of Chance
2
Frequently, when using the telephone, we could hear Japanese voices using our lines.
Blood Brothers: A Medic's Sketch Book
3
You must have known I wasn't talking just to be using the telephone.
The Thunder Bird
4
Roger was well-known in the shop, and had no hesitation in using the telephone.
The Haunted Bookshop
5
Your children will find it as common as viewing television or using the telephone.
E-mail 101
6
Finally, using the telephone in the study, he dialed 911.
Dark rivers of the heart
7
I couldn't prevent his using the telephone; but I'm a stubborn duck; eh, Quintus?
Aunt Jane's Nieces in Society
8
I'm afraid, in certain circumstances, of using the telephone.
The Guardian
9
You know that I worked in North Valley-oryou can verify the fact by using the telephone.
King Coal : a Novel
10
A lot of that market is still conducted in old-fashioned ways, like old buddies using the telephone.
Reuters
11
Or were you using the telephone?
Every Man for Himself
12
All athletes were ordered to remain in their rooms and to refrain from using the telephone during the investigation.
The Irish Times
13
Even using the telephone is likely to be something of an ordeal for a Negro woman in the South.
In the Land of Jim Crow
14
They're using the telephone, mam.
Pygmalion
15
Indigo buntings, using the telephone wires as a point from which to start messages, sent them out in all directions.
See America First
16
When O'Neil had managed to regain the camp he began preparations for an attack that very night, using the telephone busily.
The Iron Trail
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United Kingdom
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