pay phone
Example Sentences
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I went to a pay phone and called a Chrysler expert I knew about.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 5, 2025
He went to find a pay phone so he could call his loved ones and tell them he was OK.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2025
As Chesnoff talks in the “Jinx” episode, red carpet footage from the “All Good Things” premiere briefly appears, as do clips of Lehrman posing as Katie and making a call from a pay phone.
From New York Times • May 12, 2024
Then came the 1996 Telecommunications Act, which allowed for increased competition in the pay phone market.
From Slate • Dec. 12, 2023
I called Charles on the pay phone, but the hospital switchboard wouldn’t put me through: it was past visiting hours, she said, everyone was sleeping.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
