pay phone

Example Sentences

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I went to a pay phone and called a Chrysler expert I knew about.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 5, 2025

I rushed miles to the nearest pay phone, to tell Mom and Dad the news: They would be going home.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 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

There wasn’t a store open now to ask to use a phone, and when I spotted a pay phone down the street, I realized I didn’t have a dime.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd