telegram

Example Sentences

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"The telegram boy said, 'I'm sorry to tell you, but this is bad news'," he says.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2025

A telegram addressed to Violet was found in her room.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2024

Posters in Detroit depicting a military man resembling Hitler were ordered, by telegram, to be destroyed.

From New York Times • May 30, 2024

While serving in the Navy in 1919, Wallace got a telegram from Carewe to come to Hollywood, where he began work as a second-unit director on his brother’s films.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2024

The telegram was a single sheet of paper folded once upon itself.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly