pushbutton

Example Sentences

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The effect was very "analog." It reminded me of switching channels on a monaural, pushbutton car radio, or watching a theatrical documentary shot on film.

From Salon • May 23, 2011

At least one other person thought of using the pushbutton phone in this manner fully two years ago.

From Time Magazine Archive

What Ma Bell did not anticipate, however, was that the pushbutton phone would become America's newest musical instrument.

From Time Magazine Archive

Though the computer phones look much like their pushbutton predecessors, matchbook-size integrated circuits have now replaced the mechanical moving parts, including bells, springs and gears, that made the old ones so heavy.

From Time Magazine Archive

My boy, we are going to install this bell in your room, and the pushbutton on the base of that telephone pole.

From David and the Phoenix by Raysor, Joan