phone book

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The pair hired an undergraduate to comb through phone book listings for fast-food restaurants.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

A different email address - [email protected] - is listed in Epstein's phone book under a contact labelled "Duke of York", a previously released image showed.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2025

Rooney and his friend Dave Woodman, a fellow animator, met Caselotti after finding her information in the phone book.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2025

It’s astounding that Apple failed to realize that audiences will watch George Clooney and Brad Pitt read the phone book, so long as they do it together, and truncated “Wolfs’” stay in theaters.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2025

They could not consider the human scalp an appropriate palette for self-expression, could not own a rainbow-striped flag, and could not say they had "discovered" any shop or restaurant currently listed in the phone book.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris