portable radio
Example Sentences
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Abdul turned on his portable radio and started humming to himself as he searched for his old phone, emptying his suitcases and his grocery cart across the floor of the garage.
From New York Times • May 13, 2023
“The portable radio was inadvertently activated while the officer was driving,” police said.
From Washington Times • Jan. 2, 2023
She was a news junkie and a big fan of NPR; she listened to it on the radio in her kitchen and sometimes on a small portable radio with headphones when she was out walking.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 25, 2022
It was there, on a portable radio, that she heard the announcement about a contest to become “Miss Mexico of Los Angeles” and be crowned queen of the annual parade.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2022
Even Dutch stations carried mostly war news, and that we could hear just as well on the small portable radio we kept now in the dining room, a gift from Pickwick the Christmas before.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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