Phone in A Sentence

    1

    A few minutes later Señor Medena answered the phone.

    2

    A few seconds later Alex answered the phone.

    3

    A glance at her phone made her roll her eyes.

    4

    A half hour later, with Dean never having removed the phone from his ear, they were ready to leave for the airport.

    5

    A phone call excused him from hearing more of the robust bragging.

    6

    A phone call interrupted further discussion.

    7

    A phone call interrupted the conversation.

    8

    A quick search of the Montrose phone book surprisingly found a listing that seemed to be what he was seeking.

    9

    A series of phone calls followed.

    10

    According to the brief phone call, the ten-year-old girl's natural mother, another loser like faux foster mother Janet, had been recently discharged to a halfway house after doing hard time in the state's Cañon City facility.

    11

    After a series of clicks, the lieutenant barked into the phone.

    12

    After a series of phone calls to Denver and some monstrous lies, Dean managed to finagle a slot on the bike tour, not an easy accomplishment given the short time before the popular event.

    13

    After an hour-long attempt to expel his wired energy, he returned to his room to the sound of his cell phone ringing.

    14

    After he returned my phone, he wrote down all our names and pertinent information.

    15

    After I hung up the phone, I plodded to the kitchen where I found a half bottle of Canadian Club.

    16

    After she hung up, she made sure her cell phone was on and then headed for the kitchen.

    17

    After some time, Jackson fell asleep then woke to his phone.

    18

    After this last incident, Bill insisted that Katie get a phone.

    19

    Again the phone rang.

    20

    An older, harmless-looking man with white hair and beautiful emerald eyes stood near the door, holding out a phone.

    21

    Any cell phone intercepts on why he's in town?

    22

    Are the phone lines compromised?

    23

    As Dean ate his one poached egg, absent toast, the phone rang.

    24

    As Dean was setting the hall night-light, the phone rang.

    25

    As he started up the stairs, the phone rang.

    26

    As long as I had the phone in my hand, I dialed Dan Brennan.

    27

    As she opened the oven door to put the chicken in, her cell phone rang.

    28

    As soon as Dean heard the name, he took the phone from Randy.

    29

    As soon as the mother entered the house, he pocketed the phone, scaled the fence at a low corner, crossed to the surprised boy in a few steps, and placed a rag over his face.

    30

    As they were leaving the building, the phone rang.

    31

    As usual, the phone rang until her voicemail picked up.

    32

    Awkwardly jammed in the back seat, she sneaked a look at the occupants in the front of the car and withdrew her phone.

    33

    Because of his suspicion the phone was bugged, Dean did not try to call Cece Baldwin when he arrived home after midnight, home to a still empty house.

    34

    Before leaving the Beaumont, he looked at the recently published Ouray phone book.

    35

    Before making his phone call, he ordered a Coors just to get a feel for the place and adjust his eyes to the meager light.

    36

    Before she recovered from the shock, the man knocked the phone from her hand and grabbed her arm, jerking her toward him.

    37

    Betsy reluctantly took the phone.

    38

    Betsy returned to the room and I held my hand over the phone and turned to her.

    39

    Betsy spoke to Martha on the phone after dinner while Molly and I walked Bumpus.

    40

    Brennan gave me the phone number even though I didn't agree to call.

    41

    Brennan picked up his phone on the first ring.

    42

    Burgess hesitated, and agreed, but when Dean asked for a phone number to follow up, Burgess said he didn't have one.

    43

    But all his good intentions and promises went up in smoke minutes later with another phone call.

    44

    But as Dean hung up the phone he had no illusions about the pledges ever coming to fruition.

    45

    But before Cynthia could reply, the phone interrupted.

    46

    But Julie doesn't know you're sessions are by phone or what causes the terrible dreams, does she?

    47

    Can I see your phone?

    48

    Cellular phone use is prohibited in the restaurant.

    49

    Confused, she concentrated on gripping the phone.

    50

    Cynthia accepted the news well, first on the phone amid post wedding hubbub, and the next day when he met her stepping off the plane.

    51

    Cynthia Byrne apologized for not answering the phone.

    52

    Cynthia finished her conversation and hung up the phone.

    53

    Cynthia had received a phone call from the Boston sisters telling her their flight was delayed and they weren't now expected until late afternoon.

    54

    Cynthia was on the office phone to New Jersey, doing "wedding things," as she described them.

    55

    Cynthia was scraping sugar off her knees when he told her about the phone call.

    56

    Cynthia was still on the phone so after Dean introduced himself he completed the paperwork, without comment or acknowledgment that he knew Ryland's relationship to Bird Song's other guest Edith Shipton and her son.

    57

    Damian Bylun stared at the phone.

    58

    Damian turned the cell phone back on and emerged into the warm evening air from the Marriott's conference room, the random place chosen by his spy chief for this week's intelligence briefing.

    59

    Darian lowered the phone, losing hope once again, when it vibrated.

    60

    Dean answered a phone call—a six-month-early summer reservation—while waving to the departing guests.

    61

    Dean asked Harrigan to work up his end of the report on the Byrne matter and make a few last minute return phone calls to neighbors, just to dot the I's.

    62

    Dean awoke Monday morning with Annie Quincy's words still ringing in his ears, and the phone ringing on his nightstand.

    63

    Dean caught Randy smiling as he turned from the phone but pretended not to notice.

    64

    Dean didn't tell Cynthia about his phone conversation with Whitehouse.

    65

    Dean explained the phone call from Indiana and Cynthia's general displeasure, particularly with Jerome Shipton.

    66

    Dean grabbed the paper, gave a glance to the parlor and picked up the portable phone.

    67

    Dean grabbed the phone.

    68

    Dean had already over­stayed his visit, so with promises to return if he had any more questions and to keep in telephone contact, he took his leave, shaking Cynthia Byrne's hand and waving to Janice Riley, who was again on the phone.

    69

    Dean had no more than hung up from yet another unsuccessful telephone try when the phone rang.

    70

    Dean handed the phone to his wife as the light went on like in the comic books—a flashing bulb of inspiration.

    71

    Dean left word with the attendant that he would phone the coroner and the Norfolk police in the morning.

    72

    Dean moved behind a post, trying to get what little privacy the squad room and the length of his phone cord allowed.

    73

    Dean picked up the hall phone, and resting the phone book on his lap began calling lodging establishments.

    74

    Dean said as the others returned to work, Rita shaking her head in disgust and Harrigan trying to talk on the phone by sticking a finger in one ear.

    75

    Dean shook his head no just as the phone rang from the front hall.

    76

    Dean slammed down the phone as he grabbed his coat and rushed for the door.

    77

    Dean tried to remember his earlier phone conversation with Mrs. Glass.

    78

    Dean was waiting for the sound of the coin dropping into the pay phone when he was startled to feel a hard object jammed in his rib cage and hear a voice say, Nice and easy, guy.

    79

    Dean went through the motions of checking the phone anyway, but found what he expected, absolutely nothing.

    80

    Dean wondered if his phone might be tapped.

    81

    Dean yelled to the empty phone, slamming down the receiver and mashing his pillow into a ball.

    82

    Deidre glared at the phone, comparing Logan's unconcerned response with Dr. Wynn's kindness.

    83

    Detective came up to us, his phone in hand.

    84

    Detective Hunter advised the Sentinel by phone that tidal conditions on the Chesapeake might make retrieving a body difficult.

    85

    Did you lose your phone on the beach?

    86

    Do you have your cell phone with you?

    87

    Do you have your cell phone?

    88

    Don't answer my phone.

    89

    Don't answer the phone when it rings.

    90

    Down one hallway, she heard the ring of a phone.

    91

    Dusty asked, glancing up from his phone.

    92

    Dusty hung up the phone and gazed at the screens.

    93

    Dusty pocketed the phone.

    94

    Dusty pulled his phone free and saw Toni's number flash across the screen.

    95

    Dusty tossed his phone on the nightstand and set the alarm clock.

    96

    Dusty's phone dinged, and he retrieved it.

    97

    Each of us took turns thanking Merrill Cooms personally on the phone although he insisted it was unnecessary.

    98

    Elisabeth stared straight ahead, then picked up her cell phone and walked out of the kitchen.

    99

    Ethel yelled into the phone, loud enough for Tom DeLeo to hear at the next desk.

    100

    Every phone call you make.

    101

    Every time the phone rang for a year, we were sure someone had found the body.

    102

    Every time the phone rings, we jump.

    103

    Extracting the cell phone from its sheath, she dialed Alex.

    104

    Finally, sitting by the statue in Duffy Square, I made the phone call.

    105

    Fred didn't have a chance to bellyache at the compromise before the phone interrupted.

    106

    Fred was so sticky-sweet on the phone with the landlady that Dean took a break and used the john just so he wouldn't have to listen to the dribble.

    107

    Fred was still gabbing on the phone so Dean shared with his wife the last of the turkey salad, extended mileage from the Christmas turkey of ten days earlier.

    108

    Friday was the second day in a row to begin with a phone call from Ethel Rosewater.

    109

    From a pay phone in the lobby of the large building, he placed a call to the Parkside Police Department.

    110

    From somewhere nearby, she heard someone else's phone ringing and stepped out of the way, off the path running along the beach.

    111

    Furious, her glare went from the phone in his hand to his gaze.

    112

    Give me her phone number in Indiana.

    113

    Glancing around to make sure Destiny was still safely in the little pen inside the barn, she pulled the phone from its holster on her side and called Alex.

    114

    He began to pace, nearly screaming into the phone, "Where is she?"

    115

    He called the house and Mom answered the phone.

    116

    He emerged into the alley in time to see her replace a phone in her pocket.

    117

    He excused himself and asked the owner if he could make a phone card call and did so, but was unsuccessful in reaching Cynthia.

    118

    He filled Fred in on the details of Edith's visit and Cynthia's late night phone call and the abrupt end to the conversation.

    119

    He filled out the paperwork on his visit to Norfolk and answered some of his phone messages.

    120

    He flipped through the address book in his phone and dialed the Watcher.

    121

    He glanced at her then back, hanging up the phone.

    122

    He hadn't discouraged the short telephone calls with Connie on his phone.

    123

    He handed the old man ten dollars and was handed a slip of paper with the phone number from the rental sign Mrs. Glass was apparently an early riser and answered the phone on the second ring.

    124

    He handed the phone to Carmen.

    125

    He handed the phone to me as a manager or hotel big-wig came out of the back to check on the crises.

    126

    He held a phone to his ear.

    127

    He held the phone for a few moments while Mrs. Riley checked.

    128

    He hung up and tucked the phone away, amused.

    129

    He hung up the phone and stormed out to the hall and donned his winter coat.

    130

    He left his phone there.

    131

    He lowered his phone.

    132

    He made a mental note to send a piece of jewelry to her hotel room to assuage guilt over the promised phone call that would never happen.

    133

    He picked up the phone.

    134

    He pretended he needed time to make a few more phone calls but I could see he was disappointed by the delay.

    135

    He pulled his phone free, realizing neither Toni nor Darian had checked in for a couple of hours.

    136

    He pulled out his phone to text Damian.

    137

    He pulled out his phone, texted Bianca, and waited, willing the message to make it to her in the in-between world where he'd accidentally sent her.

    138

    He reached for the phone book.

    139

    He released her and tucked the phone in his pocket.

    140

    He remembered that her phone went straight to voicemail the morning after the full moon.

    141

    He snatched her neck and shoved the phone at her.

    142

    He snatched the phone and rolled down the window, tossing it.

    143

    He stepped out on the front porch, phone to his ear as his gaze probed through the trees.

    144

    He stood in the center, one phone at his ear while he texted on another.

    145

    He studied the small man infatuated with his phone.

    146

    He tested his new phone by sending Damian and Jule a text. 911.

    147

    He then asked if he might use her telephone with his phone card.

    148

    He took out his phone and called her.

    149

    He tossed her an it's-all-right and, ignoring three more strangers in suits and the crowded parlor, went directly to the phone.

    150

    He tucked the phone away and met her gaze, watching the emotions that crossed her face.

    151

    He want­ed to check the phone but was afraid he might tip his hand if he disturbed it, so he touched nothing.

    152

    He was around nearly every day now, and when he didn't show up, he called on the phone.

    153

    He was hanging up the phone when Cynthia emerged from the shower, pink and sweet smelling.

    154

    He whipped out his phone and trotted down the stairs, typing a response to one of the many texts he'd received.

    155

    He would tell them on the phone in a few weeks.

    156

    He'd been so excited about his phone.

    157

    He's never spoken on the phone; it's only Julie's word and I'm sure she'd retract anything she said earlier.

    158

    He's spent half the day on the phone with his shrink-doctor.

    159

    He's worried since you didn't answer the phone.

    160

    Her cell phone had no signal, her head throbbed, and the coffee pot was empty.

    161

    Her cell phone was in her pocket, but Alex probably figured she didn't have it with her.

    162

    Her father had tried to call twice, and she tossed the phone on the bed.

    163

    Her hand went to her phone.

    164

    Her phone and computer are monitored.

    165

    Her phone began to ring again as she slid into a dead faint.

    166

    Her phone rang, and she saw Dr. Mallard's number flash on the screen.

    167

    Her phone rang, and she snatched it.

    168

    Her phone vibrated as she trotted down the stairs, and she glanced down, smiling to see he'd texted.

    169

    Her replacement cell phone rang, jarring her.

    170

    His note pad was ever present and he spent a considerable amount of time on the phone.

    171

    His only phone message sounded like the same person who had telephoned the house the night before—again leaving neither name nor number.

    172

    His phone dinged again, and he glanced down.

    173

    His phone dinged and drew him from his thoughts.

    174

    His phone dinged with a message from Han, and he pulled it from his pocket.

    175

    His phone dinged, and he looked down at one of the zillion text messages he received from any number of his Guardians every day.

    176

    His phone dinged, and he pulled it out to see the odd text message.

    177

    His phone rang again, and he answered, trailing Bianca to an elevator.

    178

    His phone rang, and he answered, expecting the woman to return his call with a few dozen apologies.

    179

    His phone rang, and he snatched it from the dashboard.

    180

    His phone vibrated in his pocket.

    181

    His phone vibrated, and he withdrew it.

    182

    His phone was destroyed and his power drained.

    183

    However, as soon as Dean explained his suspicions concerning the bugging of their phone, he captured Fred's full attention.

    184

    However, when the phone rang—one a reservation, the other a lengthy call for Fred from his current beloved—Cynthia jumped like a startled rabbit.

    185

    Howie joined me, after I hung up the phone.

    186

    I ain't leaving the house—maybe make a few phone calls from time to time.

    187

    I assigned everyone a ring tone and put their phone numbers in it, he said, looking somewhat proud.

    188

    I bought her one of those phone cards so she can call without Shipton knowing about it.

    189

    I bought one of those answering machines and I let the phone ring until it gives my messages and I find out who's calling.

    190

    I couldn't find nothing on Josh without a last name, but Ed Plotke was in the phone book for six years between 1956 and 1962.

    191

    I did so from a Times Square pay phone.

    192

    I didn't want to tell you this on the phone.

    193

    I dropped to the ground as he yanked the phone from its base and flung it across the room.

    194

    I dug this out of a box of electronics upstairs and programmed it to be your new phone.

    195

    I even read the list to Mrs. Byrne over the phone.

    196

    I feel terrible I slipped up and they traced the phone call but it's not the end of the world.

    197

    I gave him Frank Vasapolli's phone number and told him I would pass along his number to Frank if I thought it was needed.

    198

    I gave you the phone number when you asked for it, didn't I?

    199

    I get a lot of phone calls from people snooping for more information but I tell them I print everything I know.

    200

    I have a new phone for you, too.

    201

    I have some phone calls to make.

    202

    I heard the faint sound of a phone ringing downstairs.

    203

    I heard the phone ringing.

    204

    I just looked at that phone number you called—Brunel's number—when I was putting it in my notes.

    205

    I just want to get a look at who's bugging the phone.

    206

    I know the motel where they are staying so the cell phone I've already discarded wasn't necessary.

    207

    I left the phone off the hook, retreated back to the bedroom and with my heart racing, I closed the door behind me.

    208

    I left word I'd call from the airport in the morning and set my phone alarm in time for my early departure.

    209

    I never should have answered his phone call.

    210

    I passed the phone to Molly who'd just arrived.

    211

    I picked up the phone as Betsy closed my office door and sat next to me.

    212

    I picked up the phone for my next chore as Betsy, with Molly in hand, peeked in my office.

    213

    I played dumb but I figured my phone lines were tapped and big brother had his eye on me twenty-four, seven.

    214

    I remembered a hall phone so I dialed 911.

    215

    I remembered passing a hall phone just off the living room.

    216

    I said into the phone, while looking at Molly.

    217

    I spent 20 minutes on the phone with Mrs. Glass.

    218

    I spent so much time on the phone talking to the Calvias she wouldn't have gotten through, Cynthia said the next morning, after breakfast was cleared, the wash loaded, and domestic matters reasonably settled—a momentary break.

    219

    I spoke with her on the phone around Christmas and mentioned I was coming to Ouray for some ice climbing.

    220

    I talked to Lydia on the phone.

    221

    I thought only briefly before giving him Daniel Brennan's phone number.

    222

    I thought that was TV nonsense until a few minutes later the phone rang and damned if he hadn't done just that!

    223

    I told a man on the phone, who didn't identify himself, that Edith Shipton wasn't registered at Bird Song.

    224

    I took a deep breath and called After on a throw away phone.

    225

    I turned to my wife as I hung up the phone.

    226

    I was a wreck when you didn't answer the phone.

    227

    I was concerned when you didn't answer your phone.

    228

    I went back to my computer to retrieve a phone number, then on to the secure phone line.

    229

    I'd barely put the phone down before it rang again.

    230

    I'd planned to ask Quinn and Martha to come in so I could tell them what I'd learned but the more I considered it, I decided a phone call was sufficient.

    231

    I'd talk to the guy if I thought it would accomplish something but he'll just say he didn't do it and it would be a waste of a phone call.

    232

    I'll make some phone calls, but we should get started as soon as possible, even before we're granted permission.

    233

    I'm going to make some phone calls.

    234

    I'm not used to having a phone in the house, much less carrying a cell phone.

    235

    I'm still scared to death to pick up the phone," she said, and added, "Please, call me Cynthia," when he addressed her more formally.

    236

    If anyone could trace a disposable phone, they could.

    237

    If he had left it at 'next time, take your phone', she would have felt compelled to argue.

    238

    If he's dead set on questioning relatives, he can do it by phone.

    239

    If I didn't have a pregnant wife practically begging me, I wouldn't even be making this phone call.

    240

    If it couldn't wait, they would have called me on my cell phone.

    241

    If she hadn't left her phone in the bedroom all morning, she would have known.

    242

    If you're in a hurry connect to the cafe's modern online ordering system via your laptop or cell phone.

    243

    In fact, if you refuse me now, I'll kill him before I hang up the phone.

    244

    In four hundred thousand years, he hadn't learned to answer a phone right?

    245

    In that moment, she squirmed from his hands and screamed again, scrambling to reach the cell phone on the floor.

    246

    In the distance, she heard her cell phone ring.

    247

    In the end, she typed a smiley face and locked her phone before changing into gym clothes and making her way to the gym.

    248

    In view of the lateness of the hour, Dean pulled into a pay phone and called the office to check his messages.

    249

    Is he listening to your phone call?

    250

    Is your phone at home busted? he asked as he sat down and asked Priscilla for a coffee.

    251

    It contained a name and a phone number.

    252

    It described how Timothy's mother had left her son in their enclosed yard to answer a phone call.

    253

    It had been a perfect day at Bird Song—until the phone call came and tanked any semblance of tranquility into a mire of despair.

    254

    It occurred to her to prompt Alex on the phone, but how would she broach the subject?

    255

    It was an independent lab and when Cynthia took a bathroom break and freed the phone, he telephoned.

    256

    It was my cell phone!

    257

    It was three miles before he came to a closed gas station, but there was a phone booth outside.

    258

    It was your bug on my phone, wasn't it?

    259

    It's pretty hectic around here, she said, motioning toward the phone.

    260

    Jerome Shipton passed Dean in the hall, holding the side of his head, and left the building as Dean hung up the phone.

    261

    Jule looked up from strapping a knife to his calf and accepted the phone.

    262

    Jule pulled out his phone, and Dusty sat in front of the computer.

    263

    Julia answered the phone and called to Brandon.

    264

    Just as Dean was about to follow Harrigan out the door, Rita turned from the phone to tell Dean he had a visitor downstairs.

    265

    Just don't overload the phone bill if I come up with some names.

    266

    Just watch the phone bill.

    267

    Katie clicked the phone off and looked at the five-year-old doing wind sprints across her apartment.

    268

    Katie drew the phone away from her head and stared at it, willing herself to wake up.

    269

    Katie set the phone on the table and stared at the kid's drawings on the fridge.

    270

    Katie was thinking of how much whiskey it'd take to dull the edge of her headache when the phone rang.

    271

    Kiki glanced at him and whipped out a mobile phone.

    272

    Linda whipped out a phone to text Lon.

    273

    Lisa put the phone back to her ear, still watching Yancey cautiously.

    274

    Listen, I need a phone.

    275

    Make sure Bianca's phone is tagged as well.

    276

    Martha and Betsy spoke frequently on the phone.

    277

    Martha answered and with a strange look on her face, turned the phone over to Howie.

    278

    Martha handed her the phone and I could tell by the look that quickly appeared on her face, it was not good news.

    279

    Martha sounded horrible on the phone.

    280

    Me and my friend here would have gone out dancing 'cept she has to mind the phone.

    281

    Me too, thought Dean as the hall phone rang and Cynthia hurried in to answer it.

    282

    Miracle of miracles, Cynthia picked up the phone on the first ring.

    283

    Molly and Betsy elected to go home leaving me to mind the store and deal with Daniel Brennan's phone call without interruption.

    284

    Mrs. Riley set down the phone and moved to the door to answer it.

    285

    Much as he disliked making Fred wait, he decided to put off the task until nine o'clock but another phone call forced a change of plans.

    286

    Much as they detested having to make the phone call, both knew it was necessary.

    287

    Mumbling curses, he answered the phone.

    288

    My cell phone alerted me to a message.

    289

    My darling, I expected a phone call.

    290

    My frustration forced action of some sort so I picked up the phone and dialed Howie and Julie's room at the Four Seasons in Santa Barbara.

    291

    My phone call didn't break it up?

    292

    My ringing cell phone shattered my concentration.

    293

    My wife and I had promised each other to remain constantly in phone contact after the close calls in New Hampshire.

    294

    My wife and I stopped at a closed filling station in Connecticut and with Martha's notes in hand I attempted to phone the authorities.

    295

    Naw. My guys found a forwarding address someplace out west but there's no phone hooked up yet.

    296

    Neither mentioned the late night phone call during Edith's nocturnal visit nor Cynthia's sudden, unannounced return.

    297

    Next time take your phone.

    298

    No sooner had Fred hung up than the phone rang again.

    299

    No sooner had it expired when the phone took up the chorus.

    300

    No. But when they can't contact you by phone, they'll come back to me.

    301

    Nonsense, you're not putting us out, but you're more than welcome to use the phone... and please call me Sarah.

    302

    Nothing led Dean to believe she was more than someone befriended by Byrne but he was anxious to learn if this new phone message would change this opinion.

    303

    Now, half a year later, came the feared phone call informing them that Martha too was leaving.

    304

    Oh, I left the phone off the hook.

    305

    On the spur of the moment he picked up the phone and dialed Cece Baldwin, a number he now had committed to memory from the many unsuc­cessful times he'd made the call.

    306

    Once again, the phone rang unanswered at the Indiana location.

    307

    Once Dean introduced himself, he sat with the phone several inches from his ear, unable to inject a word as she built up her tirade.

    308

    Only after she tossed back a couple of painkillers did she pick up the phone.

    309

    Only the two gran it will take to put the lines down this way, and cell phone reception is unreliable.

    310

    Outside her room, Han whipped out his phone to text Damian with an irritated sigh.

    311

    Pealing off her gloves, she headed for the phone.

    312

    Pierre tossed her a familiar cell phone as they entered the mansion.

    313

    Pierre was unfazed by his raised voice and continued playing a game on his phone.

    314

    Pierre's phone dinged, and he opened it again.

    315

    Pleased that one thing was going right, Damian tucked the phone away.

    316

    Poor Maria, as good as she is, can't be much help on the phone if she don't speak the language.

    317

    Randy Byrne answered the phone and seemed surprised to hear Dean's voice.

    318

    Realizing she clenched the phone in her hand, she locked the screen and sat staring at the asphalt.

    319

    Reminded he didn't give Bianca the rules he gave Darian and Sofi, he retrieved his phone.

    320

    Rita Angeltoni, the token skirt, as she referred to herself, was usually there banging on her keyboard or answering the phone while keeping the quartet in line.

    321

    Ryland shook his hand goodbye as Dean cradled the phone to his shoulder.

    322

    She called the house phone.

    323

    She didn't see Damian until afternoon, when he strolled into the library from sparring, ear to a cell phone.

    324

    She fingered the small teal evening purse hanging around her wrist, where her cell phone was.

    325

    She flipped her phone open.

    326

    She flipped her phone shut and stared absently at the table.

    327

    She gave him a puzzled smile and reached out to take the phone he held out.

    328

    She grabbed her cell phone from the floor and dialed 911.

    329

    She grabbed her phone and called Katie.

    330

    She had doubted, too—she had hung up the phone.

    331

    She had no phone, no way of contacting Dusty or Jenn or Darian.

    332

    She heard the phone ring and followed the sound.

    333

    She held her hand up as the phone rang.

    334

    She hid the phone as Talon glanced over his shoulder again to ensure she followed.

    335

    She hung up and tossed Damian the phone.

    336

    She hung up the phone, gripped the steering wheel hard and drove.

    337

    She is the one from Surry and her name is listed as Elizabeth in the phone book but they call her Betty, or Becky or some foolish diminutive.

    338

    She left the library to return Damian's phone.

    339

    She looked from the computer screen to the phone with the flashing red light.

    340

    She made her way to the notebook near the desk phone.

    341

    She marched back to the kitchen, but didn't even get through the door before the phone rang again.

    342

    She obliged quickly, tensing as she waited for him to finish with her phone.

    343

    She patted the pocket in her skirt containing the paper on which Jule had scribbled down the phone number of the towering man before her.

    344

    She pulled her phone out to call Sarah.

    345

    She pulled the phone away from her ear and glared at it.

    346

    She pulled the phone from her pocket and glanced at the blank display.

    347

    She put her cell phone on its charger and explored the house, admiring his taste in everything from furniture to paintings to simple décor.

    348

    She saw the thaw from the cactus daring anyone to touch him to the man she'd spoken to on the phone.

    349

    She selected the address book on the phone.

    350

    She sent the text then tucked the phone in her pocket, praying they could track her with the tag Toni placed there.

    351

    She set the phone down and retrieved her sweater from the dryer.

    352

    She shook her head and focused on her phone again, willing Logan to return one of her dozens of calls or texts.

    353

    She shook too hard to pull her phone free from her pocket and call for help.

    354

    She shoved the phone and her hands in her pockets to keep them warm as she picked her way through the littered alley.

    355

    She shoved the phone in her pocket and forced herself to smile as she faced Jonny, who'd been in training since shortly after she awoke.

    356

    She sneaked a peek at her phone, agitated that Darian hadn't been at all concerned with the situation he left her in.

    357

    She sounded thrilled about the baby, on the phone.

    358

    She squeezed the steering wheel then reached into her coat pocket for her cell phone.

    359

    She stared in the space he'd occupied and looked at the phone.

    360

    She stopped a safe distance from him, unable to reconcile the man on the phone with the man before her.

    361

    She suggested he take the cell phone but then remembered it was useless in the high mountains.

    362

    She tried to question me on Howie's reaction to my phone call, but I remained mum.

    363

    She turned as an officer shoved a cell phone at her.

    364

    She was cleaning the oven when the phone rang.

    365

    She was scared to turn around, almost as if afraid he'd be passing out his phone number to every lithe, beautiful Amazonian they passed.

    366

    Shivering, she pulled out her phone to call her father as she made her way towards the street.

    367

    Shortly after he said he heard a phone ringing.

    368

    So far, he's not returned phone calls.

    369

    Sofia hung up the phone, feeling as if she were emerging from a stupor for the first time in months.

    370

    Sofia put her purse down and tucked her phone into her jeans.

    371

    Sofia's phone vibrated, and she pulled it out, wondering who had her number.

    372

    Somehow, between her and Martha, Quinn and Howie agreed to run a trip back while we remained in New York in phone contact.

    373

    Someone wants you on the phone.

    374

    Supper was pancakes—Dean cooking, and Fred complaining and serving Cynthia, who still had a phone glued to her ear.

    375

    Suspecting Ving had made a couple of hurried phone calls, she let the call go to voicemail.

    376

    Tamer pulled out his cell phone and scowled.

    377

    That was Martha on the phone!

    378

    That's why I called your house phone.

    379

    The ad was just a box at the paper and no phone number.

    380

    The announcement went on to describe what the young boy was wearing and listed a tip line phone number to call with information.

    381

    The bedspread was pulled back enough to prop up the pillow by the phone, but the bed had not been uncovered for sleeping.

    382

    The bump jarred the cell phone loose, and it fell in the space between the seat and door.

    383

    The Deans jumped at every ring of the phone for the balance of the afternoon, but there was no further word.

    384

    The detective's knock was answered by a woman who introduced herself as Janice Riley, the neighbor he had spoken to on the phone.

    385

    The door was ajar and the phone was on the hall table.

    386

    The emergency network had not been utilized, which meant that by morning one of the high-ranking men hiding underground would be on the phone to General Greene to complain about the lack of gin.

    387

    The family lived in Chicago and hadn't provided a phone number when they registered at Bird Song.

    388

    The first call was from a pay phone in Lynn, Massachusetts.

    389

    The guy says you lied to him on the phone.

    390

    The La Cumbre one; that sound most likely; do you have a phone number?

    391

    The lieutenant's wife Marian answered the phone.

    392

    The line was silent for so long that she checked her phone to see if the call had been dropped.

    393

    The longer Howie spoke on the phone, the more I felt guilty that we were manipulating him into a parlor game at the expense of his privacy.

    394

    The note on the refrigerator said he'd be back in a couple of days and would check in by phone.

    395

    The nurse handed her a thin blanket and pointed to the phone.

    396

    The only halfway pleasant phone call came from Norm Hunter in Norfolk.

    397

    The only phone message was from Ethel Rosewater.

    398

    The phone call to Daniel Brennan cranked up our level of anxiety several notches.

    399

    The phone continued to ring while Janet contemplated an answer.

    400

    The phone didn't even wake her.

    401

    The phone interrupted any further discussion of electronic larceny.

    402

    The phone may be bugged!

    403

    The phone rang and went to voicemail.

    404

    The phone rang four times and Carmen was ready to hang up when Katie answered.

    405

    The phone rang four times before a sleepy male voice answered.

    406

    The phone rang more than a dozen times before a man with groggy voice answered.

    407

    The phone rang to voice message!

    408

    The phone rang twice and Randy tripped as he dashed across the room to answer.

    409

    The phone rang twice while he worked, both times answered by Fred who sounded as if he was booking another guest.

    410

    The phone rang twice, both calls from Fred's lady friends, who were anxious for his return.

    411

    The phone rang, causing all three to jump, thinking it might be Martha.

    412

    The phone rang, precluding a pithy rejoinder, and as Cynthia was elbow-deep in dishwater, Dean answered.

    413

    The phone slammed in his ear like a truck backfiring.

    414

    The phone slipped out of my trembling hands.

    415

    The phone was answered by a woman who identified herself as Mrs. Riley, a neigh­bor.

    416

    The phone was as busy as the Bird Song household this Monday morning.

    417

    The phone was in the kitchen and we gave Howie privacy.

    418

    The phone was ringing from its place in his jeans pocket.

    419

    The phone went dead.

    420

    The phone woke me up, even though it wasn't very loud.

    421

    The phone woke me.

    422

    The ringing went unanswered, but at least the phone hadn't been disconnected.

    423

    The scream that came through made Elisabeth pull the phone away from her ear.

    424

    The three moved with her, Pierre speaking tersely in French on the phone.

    425

    The time on her phone was the same as when they'd entered this strange world.

    426

    The two men downed a second cup of coffee as Dean brought Fred up to date, relating his phone conversation with Cece Baldwin.

    427

    The vamp snatched the phone from her pocket and stepped away, hands raised.

    428

    The Watcher returned his gaze to his phone, reading a text.

    429

    Then a woman in the background said something about them all moving to this keen town and the woman on the phone laughed, like it was a joke.

    430

    Then Howie asked if we'd try to run a session this weekend, long distance, by phone.

    431

    Then I'll just check 'em out from here by phone.

    432

    Then she asked, "Did you tell her about the phone call?"

    433

    Then she kissed him and asked, "Who was on the phone, flannel guy?"

    434

    Then, as if explaining her long distance telephone expenditure added, "She got a free phone card for listening to a time share pitch."

    435

    Then, as if on cue, the phone began to ring.

    436

    There was a pay phone near the door but it was out of order.

    437

    There was another phone call from the state authorities as Jennifer was leaving.

    438

    There was the sound of a phone being shuffled from one person to another, then a flat, deep male voice.

    439

    There were four phone messages in Dean's absence.

    440

    There were no clocks and she had no cell phone.

    441

    There were too many lengthy phone calls to Massachusetts and minimal attention to our other life.

    442

    There's been some anonymous phone calls over Billy Langstrom's death.

    443

    There's no listing in the Scranton phone book for this guy either!

    444

    They called us—when the phone was working.

    445

    They came from the same direction as the phone.

    446

    They have a phone.

    447

    They say in all the manuals I never should do this on the phone but you deserve to be the first to know.

    448

    They've got a directory the size of the Philadelphia phone book.

    449

    This here's the phone number of the current muck amuck.

    450

    This is phone is a throw away but I'm not even sure how good it is.

    451

    Toby yelled into the phone.

    452

    Toni grinned, took his phone, and swapped SIM cards with the new one.

    453

    Toni held up a sleek phone and Bluetooth earpiece.

    454

    Traci crossed to the kitchen door just as Ving hung up the phone.

    455

    Truly thrilled about the start to her new life, she folded the phone and dropped it into her pocket.

    456

    Turn your cell phone on and ignore the land line.

    457

    Two days after landing in the United States, Dean received a phone call from Fred O'Connor, the stepfather he'd yet to meet, informing him his mother was gravely ill.

    458

    Was he the reason Alex had hopped on the phone so quickly, and was he the person Alex had been meeting, not Lori?

    459

    We agreed to limit our test to one phone call.

    460

    We can use a pay phone.

    461

    We can't have a gang hanging around a phone booth.

    462

    We didn't even remain on the phone so sure we were that it wouldn't prove to be a crime.

    463

    We have an address and phone number.

    464

    We talked on the phone half the day, to some lawyer guy.

    465

    We turned the phone over to Molly who wanted to offer her condolences to Howie.

    466

    We were startled by the ring of my cell phone.

    467

    We would restrict our altruistic activity to weekends and possibly an evening or two a week by phone, if it worked.

    468

    We'll talk by phone.

    469

    We're not looking for stuff we can read in the phone book or the newspaper.

    470

    We're trying to get a fix on Mrs. Gustefson's cell phone.

    471

    What about sessions totally conducted by phone?

    472

    What that guy Able Whitehouse said on the phone still bothers me.

    473

    When Dean questioned her, she told of receiving a phone call concerning that same property some weeks earlier.

    474

    When Dean replaced the phone and glanced up, the tall figure of Jonathan Winston was standing next to his desk, smiling down and, as usual, impeccably dressed.

    475

    When Dean returned to the motel, the adjoining doors were open and Cynthia Byrne sat on the edge of her bed with one hand holding a phone and the other with a wet face cloth pressed to her forehead.

    476

    When Dean rushed into Bird Song, Cynthia was standing in the hall, the phone at her ear.

    477

    When he finished eating, he called the Indiana number, letting the phone ring a dozen times.

    478

    When her phone rang again, she stretched for it and found she couldn't move.

    479

    When I finally put the phone down, I was exhausted.

    480

    When I hear from him, I'll give him your phone num­ber.

    481

    When Lori ended the phone call, Carmen invited her to eat supper and was surprised when she accepted.

    482

    When the phone finally rang, Dean jumped to answer.

    483

    When the phone rang for the fourth time, Dean assumed it was either a call for reservations or more discussion on the upcoming New Jersey wedding plans, but Cynthia held the phone against herself and called to her husband.

    484

    When the phone went straight to voice mail, he hung up without leaving a message.

    485

    Where is there a pay phone nowadays?

    486

    Which lucky lady was on the phone?

    487

    While Bird Song waited, Mrs. Worthington, prompted by Fred's phone call, went to the campground to see if she might catch the couple left before they left.

    488

    While Cynthia took her shower, Dean made a few phone calls, asking for Ms. Dawkins, but after a dozen tries, he came up empty.

    489

    While Martha was on the phone trying to get our air conditioning system checked, I had a few moments alone with my wife.

    490

    While she denied any knowledge of her phone number being in Shipton's room, Dean questioned if she was telling the truth.

    491

    While the Deans discussed contacting the state once more, both agreed another phone call would be as fruitless as earlier ones.

    492

    Who was on the phone?

    493

    Why, I'd use a pay phone and one not too close by!

    494

    With every step toward the phone she told herself she shouldn't answer it – shouldn't lose her temper.

    495

    With his brain still churning from the phone conversation, it took sometime before his eyes focused on a penciled circle on one of the articles.

    496

    You have my purse and cell phone.

    497

    You left work and came over here just because I didn't answer the phone?

    498

    You sounded excited on the phone.

    499

    Yully ate quickly without touching her phone.

    500

    Yup. That was Martha on the phone.