public telephone

Example Sentences

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Hull is the only place in England where the local council actively ran the public telephone network, having been granted a licence to operate from 1902 to 2007.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2023

Over the next five years, Mr. Pelton maintained clandestine contact with Soviet agents, using a public telephone at a Northern Virginia pizza joint for prearranged phone calls and traveling overseas to Vienna for debriefings.

From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2022

All public events are included, such as quick comments on the South Lawn, short exchanges with reporters and all public speeches, radio addresses and even public telephone calls to astronauts in space.

From Salon • Aug. 10, 2022

Every day, members of the public telephone to report injured wildlife.

From The Guardian • Aug. 5, 2018

In the brass public telephone vestibule just outside, I drop a coin in the slot and sigh with relief when the operator is able to connect me to Aunt Tess.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse