collect call

Example Sentences

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An art project called the Goodbye Line prompts passersby to make a collect call and say goodbye — to a loved one, a pet or maybe a part of themselves.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

A teaser for director Geno McDermott’s film opens with chilling audio of a collect call Hernandez made to his fiancee, Shayanna Jenkins.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2019

At the beginning of “The Rain People,” Natalie makes a collect call to her husband from the Pennsylvania Turnpike, saying she has to get away.

From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2017

But when he made the collect call to his mother, she was having none of it.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2014

Big Ma wouldn’t be happy about the cost of the collect call, but I doubted Papa minded.

From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia