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 long last, my client was allowed to make a tearful, five-minute collect call to his wife, in which he confirmed that he was alive and that he would be deported the next day.

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2017

Lydia: On this we certainly agree: That glimpse of Jessa and Shoshanna watching “Scandal” and failing to accept a collect call from Hannah was not nearly enough of the girls for me.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2015

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