Examples of pay phone in a Sentence
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Emory occasionally sent money, and the brothers would walk to a pay phone to call him.
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Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Schneider was in great voice, returning to the pay phone a time or two before the set was through.
—Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Twin looked at the pay phone, then down at the dead boy.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Thompson was drunk and talking on a pay phone outside a liquor store, authorities said.
—CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
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Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Schneider was in great voice, returning to the pay phone a time or two before the set was through.
—Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Twin looked at the pay phone, then down at the dead boy.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Thompson was drunk and talking on a pay phone outside a liquor store, authorities said.
—CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
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“Pay phone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pay%20phone. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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