telephone booth
Example Sentences
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Wilber grabbed the notebook he carried around with his family’s information and tossed it the man, who headed straight to a telephone booth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
I was standing in a containment cage, a contraption smaller than a telephone booth made of steel and mesh wire.
From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2024
Later, police found leaflets in a telephone booth which claimed that Mr. Sossi has been abducted by the “Red Brigades,” and was being held in a “people’s jail.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2024
If qubits get close enough together, Nadkishore explained, they can influence the behavior of their neighbors, almost like a crowd of people trying to squeeze themselves into a telephone booth.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2024
Visiting the Muslim restaurant in Harlem, I asked how I could meet Minister Malcolm X, who was pointed out talking in a telephone booth right behind me.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
