How to Use call-in in a Sentence

call-in

1 of 2 adjective

• Hasn’t anyone been on a message board or listened to a postgame call-in show before?
  — Will Leitch, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
• If so, your call-in time frames might be causing undue frustration.
  — Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023
• The film’s narrative arc revolves around a call-in radio show.
  — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2023
• The offer is valid for dine-in, online, call-in, and carryout.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 7 Oct. 2024
• Some stations opened their call-in lines to anguished listeners.
  — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026
• Peach Cobbler customers will be able to walk-in, call-in, or use the store’s app for delivery through a party.
  — Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 28 Mar. 2024
• The engineer complied just in time to show Putin’s annual call-in show, which lasted around four hours that day.
  — Simon Shuster, Time, 22 June 2023
• The call-in instructions were displayed prominently in boldface type at the top of the agenda and the second page.
  — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
• There are no online or call-in orders during the cruise, however walk-in carryout is available.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 16 Aug. 2024
• The board posted call-in information online for its May meeting.
  — Sean Maguire, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Apr. 2023
• The store also offers a daily 15% discount for veterans on all dine-in and call-in orders.
  — Chris Sims, The Courier-Journal, 11 Nov. 2024
• If Japan has manga and Korea has webtoons, Thailand has call-in ghost stories programs.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
• It’s somehow been almost six years since one Sabres fan gave voice to their collective misery in a memorable call-in radio rant.
  — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
• The first live call-in show will be next Tuesday at noon, with Beshear joined by Progress host John Fugelsang.
  — David Bauder, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
• For the return of his show, Bongino excitedly promised a call-in from the president himself.
  — Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 2 Feb. 2026
• The veteran broadcaster retired after hosting call-in talk shows for 30+ years.
  — Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
• The defendant is a SAVE KC client, but did not attend a call-in.
  — Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2026
• Her work didn’t end even after selling all day at local events or festivals or after filling call-in orders (this was before websites).
  — Christopher Hurn, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
• Soon after, a system was developed to delay the broadcast of a speaker by several seconds and enabled live call-in shows.
  — Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 May 2026
• The ladies reminisce on past collaboration projects, and give relationship advice to a call-in fan.
  — Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 10 Dec. 2024
• The 7-foot-2 center got a vote of confidence from Calipari on Calipari's call-in show Monday.
  — Kevin Skiver, The Courier-Journal, 16 Jan. 2024
• What started in 1994 as a call-in line for people to share their random opinions became the kind of column that people think fondly of decades later.
  — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 1 Jan. 2026
• In 2016, the alt-comic cable talk show The Chris Gethard Show engineered a strange form of call-in game show.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 29 Feb. 2024
• Also, Buffalo Wild Wings always has a 15% military discount for dine-in and call-in orders.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 10 Nov. 2024
• The mystery of his whereabouts came to a grim end last Monday, when police got a call-in tip about a possible body in 45-year-old Heather Stines’ apartment.
  — John Annese, New York Daily News, 28 Jan. 2024
• But far from a cool respite from a hot political climate, an otherwise tranquil waterfront transforms into yet another backdrop for grievance with audio from call-in radio shows.
  — Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2024
• Almost every live broadcast has a call-in element that allows viewers to speak on-air to their favorite hosts, to ask questions about the product, or, more frequently, praise it and announce their intention to buy more.
  — Hannah Engler Harvey, Longreads, 30 July 2026
• In her book, Ross breaks down in detail a concrete strategy for effectively calling in, keeping in mind that the circumstances and people surrounding every call-in are different.
  — Holly Corbett, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
• During the long years of Labour opposition, Lammy, who is fifty-two, hosted a call-in radio show and cultivated a significant presence online.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
• The first involves establishing call-in lines at airports for incoming pilots to schedule landing and supply unloading times, as well as scheduling and reserving aircraft parking.
  — Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024

call in

2 of 2 verb

• Two air tankers were called in to make drops.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
• The refs miss calls in every game.
  — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 10 June 2026
• Every pitch was called in this way.
  — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026
• Most people have called in sick at least once.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026
• No penalty was called in the fifth minute.
  — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 26 June 2026
• That was when deputies were called in to assist.
  — CBS News, 16 May 2026
• Didn’t ever call in sick or come in late.
  — Jasmin 'iolani Hakes, Literary Hub, 5 Feb. 2026
• Fox was called in and was able to do the movie after all.
  — Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
• To make those calls in a split second, that’s tough to do.
  — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025
• He has only been called in to work two shifts in the past two weeks.
  — Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2023
• What is pan dulce called in English?
  — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
• Which leads me back to that phone call in 2003.
  — Natasha Stoynoff, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
• Gould guessed that they had been called in by an ex who had been abusive.
  — Larissa MacFarquhar, New Yorker, 28 May 2026
• Once she was called in as the footings were about to be poured for a new house.
  — Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Mar. 2026
• Multiple fire crews had to be called in to help put it out.
  — Maria Lisignoli, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
• This is a tough one to call in a massive contest for both teams.
  — Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
• Gurley was called in to question her.
  — Keith O’Brien, New Yorker, 25 June 2026
• Doxing a judge or calling in a bomb threat, that was one thing.
  — Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
• Because the moment you get called in, there’s no time to warm up.
  — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025
• Providers who have such a contract are called in-network providers.
  — Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2026
• My food stylist's assistant called in sick.
  — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
• If a grandchild calls in trouble and cannot say the word, the call ends.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2026
• That's why Keith Lewis was called in.
  — Sharyn Alfonsi, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2025
• Many of the calls in question boil down to a couple of tenths of an inch.
  — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
• Take two Marks Lanes and call in the morning!
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 28 May 2026
• Rather than give up his own seats, Teumer called in a favor of his own.
  — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 7 Jan. 2026
• There were no debates involved, no refs called in, no bad-mouthing.
  — Julia Frankel, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2026
• In the past week alone, a half dozen people called in, saying the same thing.
  — Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
• Had a couple calls in here that messed it up a little bit, but that’s the game.
  — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 27 Sep. 2026
• Six Flags made the right call in pruning its lineup.
  — Robert Niles, Oc Register, 10 Mar. 2026