pay phone
Example Sentences
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In urban neighborhoods, the local candy store often had a pay phone and acted as a message center for the surrounding area.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
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
A light caught my eye, shining on a relic of a bygone analog era: a pay phone, housed under a Whidbey Telecom cover.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 2023
Over on the white side of the hospital I found a pay phone next to a waiting area.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
