telephone box
Example Sentences
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“The Commonwealth has shown a remarkable ability to reinvent itself and contrive solutions at times of crisis, almost as if it’s jumping into a telephone box and coming out under different guise,” she said.
From Seattle Times • May 31, 2022
The enormous red-brick power station was designed by Giles Gilbert Scott, the architect behind the familiar British red telephone box and London’s Tate Modern museum.
From Washington Times • Oct. 2, 2017
The popular sci-fi series features a Time Lord, known only as The Doctor, who travels through time and space in the Tardis, which resembles a 1960s police telephone box.
From BBC • Jul. 14, 2017
A day after Lawrence’s death, a letter listing the names of the people who turned out to be the top suspects in the case was left in a telephone box near the bus stop.
From The Guardian • May 30, 2017
They smile as the telephone box disappears into the floor.
From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling
