pay phone
Example Sentences
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The assailant, she told investigators, offered to drive her to a nearby pay phone.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
I went to a pay phone and called a Chrysler expert I knew about.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 5, 2025
As Chesnoff talks in the “Jinx” episode, red carpet footage from the “All Good Things” premiere briefly appears, as do clips of Lehrman posing as Katie and making a call from a pay phone.
From New York Times • May 12, 2024
A light caught my eye, shining on a relic of a bygone analog era: a pay phone, housed under a Whidbey Telecom cover.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 2023
She wished that she could find a pay phone and call Mrs. Sylvester and hear her say, “Clarke Family Insurance. How may we protect you?”
From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo
