rotary

Example Sentences

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A birthday kid from Long Island phoning his father on one of the rotary phones in the lobby.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Regardless, the desire to be “the Mary” is natural to anyone raised on “Mary Tyler Moore,” which describes pretty much anybody who remembers rotary dial phones or Nick at Nite.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026

It’s like having the world’s largest collection of rotary phones while the other guy’s building cell towers.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 25, 2025

It’s the Hilti TE 4-22 cordless rotary hammer drill.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2025

But she swung the rucksack onto her back, left the car, turned into the Banbury Road, and walked the two or three hundred yards up to where Sunderland Avenue ran left from the rotary.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman