collect call

Example Sentences

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“They got a phone right there that you get to use, but once again it’s a collect call from a payphone,” Harris, 35, said in an interview.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2020

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

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

I picked up the phone and there was the recorded voice again, saying it was a collect call from Marcus Johnson.

From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks