How to Use call-in in a Sentence

call-in

1 of 2 adjective

• This offer is only valid for dine-in and call-in orders.
  — Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 9 Nov. 2024
• The offer is valid for dine-in, online, call-in, and carryout.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 7 Oct. 2024
• 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
• The film’s narrative arc revolves around a call-in radio show.
  — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2023
• 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 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
• 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
• If so, your call-in time frames might be causing undue frustration.
  — Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The board posted call-in information online for its May meeting.
  — Sean Maguire, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Apr. 2023
• 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
• Also, Buffalo Wild Wings always has a 15% military discount for dine-in and call-in orders.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 10 Nov. 2024
• Biden's post-debate cleanup — campaign rallies, an interview with George Stephanopoulos, and a call-in on Morning Joe — have failed to reset the narrative, at least so far.
  — Neal Rothschild, Axios, 11 July 2024
• The veteran broadcaster retired after hosting call-in talk shows for 30+ years.
  — Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
• The ladies reminisce on past collaboration projects, and give relationship advice to a call-in fan.
  — Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 10 Dec. 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Some pediatricians have a specific call-in period each day.
  — Parents Editors, Parents, 9 Oct. 2023
• Owens certainly was the station’s most prominent host, leading live, call-in discussions with listeners about the most pressing issues in Bay Area news and national news, culture and entertainment.
  — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 2 Jan. 2025
• 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
• 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
• That case involves a $7 million grant the Biden administration declined to issue after the state wouldn't agree to provide Title X patients with the national call-in hotline where operators would supply them with referral information.
  — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 3 Sep. 2024
• Whether their focus is call-in advice, comedic commentary, candid girl talk, or cultural dissections or health and wellness, these women lead the discussion with expertise, humor and vulnerability.
  — Essence, 28 Mar. 2025
• Individuals used the platform to share reports, voluntarily and in real time, about symptoms using a variety of media (such as a call-in line and smartphones); this information was quickly verified and collated.
  — Jaron Lanier, Foreign Affairs, 20 Mar. 2020

call in

2 of 2 verb

• But if there's any doubt, Smith said, the unit is called in.
  — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 5 Nov. 2024
• And it’s, it’s ... time to call in the dumb cop (Ned Beatty).
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2022
• Like the rest of the working-from- home world, St. Nick will call in via Zoom.
  — The Editors, Robb Report, 19 Dec. 2021
• Perhaps the Supreme Court would be called in to tell us.
  — Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2024
• At that time, Air 16 was called in again to survey the scene from above.
  — Danielle Bacher, People.com, 23 July 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
• Arceneaux said the plan was to call in to St. Jude's young patients from space.
  — CBS News, 3 May 2021
• He was called in the middle of the night to pick up lab rats that had just arrived at the airport.
  — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2025
• The cops then called in a supervisor to respond to the scene.
  — Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 6 May 2025
• At that time, as much as 10% of all TSA employees called in sick.
  — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Dec. 2024
• Anybody can just call in off the street and talk to Jackie Robinson?
  — Ron Rapoport, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2022
• Had to call in some reinforcements to help with the unveil!
  — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2024
• The show reaches Canada [and] people call in from the West Indies.
  — Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 24 Mar. 2025
• By that point, Toni would have called in sick herself, would be home napping.
  — Sarah Braunstein, The New Yorker, 21 July 2024
• Try to call in to the meeting a couple of minutes earlier and use the time to get to know your team mates.
  — Sally Percy, Forbes, 23 June 2021
• In fact, Starks had to call in extra support just to handle the inquiries.
  — Daniella Genovese, Fox News, 6 Sep. 2021
• Friends and family may be called in to help with tasting.
  — Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Nov. 2024
• At the time, Idol host Ryan Seacrest revealed that a record 65 million votes had been called in to make the selection.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 6 Dec. 2023
• Punk called in his favor, which would be to have Heyman in his corner — not Reigns’.
  — Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 18 Apr. 2025
• Some people are just calling in to talk about what their reactions are to the show.
  — Alex Jhamb Burns, Vogue, 5 Aug. 2023
• Are we supposed to know who Irving is calling in that phone booth?
  — Anna Tingley, Variety, 22 Feb. 2025
• More than 100 firefighters and EMS personnel were called in to put out the blaze and treat the injured.
  — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 27 June 2024
• Make a list of numbers to call in an emergency and keep them posted or in your phone.
  — Jennifer Brookland, Detroit Free Press, 7 Oct. 2022
• He was called in front of Joseph McCarthy’s committee in 1953.
  — Sara Georgini, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
• The segment is set to begin at 6 p.m. ET with the opportunity to call in for a chance to speak with the Pusha live.
  — Darlene Aderoju, Billboard, 22 Apr. 2022
• The first meeting was during a table read; Gibson was sick so had to call in over Zoom.
  — Leigh Nordstrom, WWD, 19 Dec. 2024
• During the stop, the deputy called in a K9 unit from the local police department, which sniffed for drugs as night set in.
  — USA Today, 25 July 2023
• Hochul also called in 5,600 members of the National Guard to help staff the prisons.
  — Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 28 Feb. 2025
• Officers secured the area and called in a major crimes team, which recovered the remains, police said.
  — Sara Schilling, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2025
• And the latest one involved calling in a prolific slugger who played with him on two different teams.
  — Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025