How to Use callback in a Sentence

callback

noun
  • She got constant callbacks from the salesman even after she asked him to stop calling.
  • If he used better materials, he wouldn't have so many callbacks.
  • Most past callbacks had failed.
    Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The callbacks went on for many rounds, over months.
    Emeline Atwood, PEOPLE, 31 May 2026
  • What does that callback bring to this moment?
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2025
  • It’s not built for callbacks or easter eggs.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Max arrives home to find that his boyfriend has booked a callback.
    Elaina Patton, IndieWire, 15 Dec. 2025
  • At the same time, there are a few callbacks to feed the fanbase.
    Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 26 May 2025
  • Many shows have used finales as callbacks to their very first episodes.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 22 Sep. 2024
  • The end of the episode teased that the judges’ callbacks will happen in two weeks.
    Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026
  • The tape earned her a callback and a chemistry read with Scott.
    Julian Sancton, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
  • And so the callbacks in this episode aren’t just Easter eggs.
    Judy Berman, Time, 29 May 2026
  • That’s when Mintz-Plasse came in the room for a third callback.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 17 Aug. 2022
  • But two days later, Bay reached out to me to read for a callback.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 22 June 2017
  • But that belied all the callbacks that made what was shown resonate.
    Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 26 July 2025
  • Consider this guest spot a callback to that movie, a nice nod for fans.
    Allegra Frank, Vox, 2 July 2019
  • But the album’s heart and soul lie in two distinct callbacks.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Think light beer, string lights, pizza, a cake with a callback to a joke from the show on it.
    Kelly Stout, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2025
  • While 2025 is near, there are still callbacks to be aware of.
    Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 30 Dec. 2024
  • These were callbacks to some of the past opening shows over the last 30 years.
    Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 June 2024
  • Any callback to Vice City is a major win.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • But there are still some fun callbacks here, like the recipe for Sam’s turmeric tea.
    Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 July 2026
  • This scene is more of a fun little callback to an earlier scene in the movie.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 5 May 2022
  • And not just any callback but a chemistry test to be the love interest in the movie.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Lawrence jokes in a callback to Issa's job in the first season.
    Anika Reed, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2021
  • In the first episode, there are a lot of little callbacks to the original.
    Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Callbacks — like the Troll Doll from the first Guardians movie — abound.
    Eliana Dockterman, Time, 8 Apr. 2017
  • The casting process didn’t just involve callbacks.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 11 May 2026
  • The wines being served are made stateside, but again with a callback to France.
    Emily Heil, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The tossing of buckets of chum in the second film is a callback to the use of it in the first.
    Mark Kennedy, Detroit Free Press, 15 Aug. 2019

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