How to Use call box in a Sentence

call box

noun

• Some might even be surprised to know that call boxes were still around.
  — Heather McRea, Oc Register, 14 Apr. 2026
• What did those people do before those call boxes were there?
  — Heather McRea, Oc Register, 14 Apr. 2026
• There are 264 steps to the top and call boxes for emergencies.
  — Matt Campbell robert A. Cronkleton and Eric Adler, kansascity, 7 Aug. 2016
• Eric Medina used a call box to request help, then flashed a gun.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2022
• But an alternative is to find a place to turn around, then park next to a call box while driving east to Sonoma.
  — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 26 Feb. 2021
• Emergency call boxes have sprouted in beach parking lots and the locals are learning how to pack shark-bite wounds.
  — William McKeever, BostonGlobe.com, 3 July 2019
• Cukor is seen asking Michel to use the call box to contact his friend in the building — so that the friend can come down and get Michel.
  — Otis R. Taylor Jr., SFChronicle.com, 11 July 2019
• Another man said the delay was more like 45 minutes; a third person said the call box in his cell was not functioning.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2023
• Residents could also call the local numbers for their police department or use one of the local call boxes on streets.
  — Katie Landeck, USA TODAY, 18 June 2024
• When a tire blows out or the engine overheats, fewer than one person a day in the last year has gotten out of their car on the side of the freeway and trudged to a call box.
  — Heather McRea, Oc Register, 14 Apr. 2026
• The building was no longer there, but after researching land records, Kraus found the area was once called Box Horn Farm.
  — Alison Knezevich, baltimoresun.com, 7 Apr. 2018
• Another camera captured him dialing a number on a call box before being buzzed inside.
  — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2025
• The public was also encouraged to use the red call boxes on streets and corners to contact fire or EMS.
  — David Matthews, New York Daily News, 18 June 2024
• Visitors should look for the locations of emergency call boxes and Stop the Bleed kits at beaches.
  — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 9 June 2026
• The man was able to reach an emergency call box during the attack, leading to police being dispatched to the garage, according to the release.
  — Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2023
• Then, at around noon, a call box was pulled outside an auto supply and appliance store at 10th and H streets NE.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2018
• But the caller stopped talking into the call box and was gone two minutes later when police arrived, with no further information available.
  — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 3 Dec. 2022
• In case of an attack, many beaches have added call boxes so that emergency personnel can be reached even from remote areas of Cape Cod’s shores.
  — Colleen Cronin, PEOPLE.com, 28 June 2019
• There are also businesses that have equipment, such as elevators and call boxes, that depend on landline service, Pierce said.
  — USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
• Medina drove to the headquarters on North Harbor Drive and used a call box out front to ask a police dispatcher inside for help.
  — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Nov. 2023
• To minimize risk, rail systems rely on backup mechanisms such as emergency call boxes, landlines and, in some cases, cellphones.
  — Jack Gillum, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2018
• Officials have been searching for the cougar since Saturday, using hounds, call boxes which emit the sound of a distressed animal and can attract a cougar, and traps and snares.
  — Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2019
• Several call boxes are also located throughout the university in case of an emergency.
  — Michael Williams, OrlandoSentinel.com, 23 Jan. 2018
• The blue-light emergency call boxes scattered across campus—once considered cutting-edge—now feel obsolete in a world where every student carries a smartphone.
  — Kevin Mullins, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
• Another surveillance camera recorded Sims dialing a number on a call box before being buzzed inside.
  — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 24 Nov. 2025
• At light rail stations, fare vending machines, handrails and water fountains, call boxes, seats and armrests are also cleaned daily and disinfected, the agency stated.
  — Mike Cruz, azcentral, 31 Mar. 2020
• Rather than dealing with a call box to find their friend or relative, a visitor can tap on their smartphone, load the resident directory, scroll to their friend or relative’s name and then video call them.
  — Ram Nikhil Dodda, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
• There’s a 1950s-era mailbox, phone booth and San Diego Police call box, as well as reproduction streetlamps.
  — Pam Kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com, 23 Apr. 2018
• By August, the airport plans to install 50 audio-video emergency call boxes throughout its terminals and car rental center.
  — Larry Barszewski, sun-sentinel.com, 12 June 2019
• Among the demands were more emergency call boxes, improved street lighting and more nighttime transportation options for students, all of which Katehi agreed to in a public letter.
  — Benjy Egel, sacbee, 23 Oct. 2017