crank call

Example Sentences

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If Shelton is ultimately confirmed to the Fed by the full Senate, those crank calls would be coming from inside the house.

From Washington Post

Perverts and bullies would make crank calls, a parallel phenomenon to the anonymous use of social media and “trolling.”

From Washington Post

Hoffman surreptitiously watched Hill make crank calls pretending to be Tobey Maguire’s assistant – he once convinced a hotel to install a tank for Maguire’s fictional pet seal.

From The Guardian

It was during this time that Jason received a few crank calls where the anonymous callers said they had hit her and she was dead.

From Washington Times

But the demo — which amounted to a series of extremely high-tech crank calls — raised a lot of hackles.

From New York Times