portable radio
Example Sentences
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Abdul turned on his portable radio and started humming to himself as he searched for his old phone, emptying his suitcases and his grocery cart across the floor of the garage.
From New York Times • May 13, 2023
“The portable radio was inadvertently activated while the officer was driving,” police said.
From Washington Times • Jan. 2, 2023
She was a news junkie and a big fan of NPR; she listened to it on the radio in her kitchen and sometimes on a small portable radio with headphones when she was out walking.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 25, 2022
For entertainment, she has birdsong in the morning and stars in the evening, plus an old portable radio that, whatever the time of day, can be counted on to supply the perfect mood-appropriate tune.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2022
Not much was said after that but it had been enough to dampen the thin sound of the portable radio they had been playing.
From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers
