How to Use on the phone in a Sentence

on the phone

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• Get your shot with one man on the phone.
  — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 13 Mar. 2026
• So who’s this cheerful soul on the phone?
  — Lawrence Toppman, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2025
• That’s what got us back on the phone just talking about hip-hop.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 28 Dec. 2023
• Malott saw him most days or at very least spoke to him on the phone.
  — Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Mar. 2026
• This is best done in person, or on the phone, rather than by text.
  — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 2 Dec. 2024
• Mark Cuban doesn't talk on the phone ever.
  — Big Think, 1 Apr. 2026
• The sisters had been catching up on the phone.
  — Sarah Dahlberg, NBC news, 8 Feb. 2026
• Trump later talked on the phone to the network.
  — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 3 Jan. 2026
• Whether that's on the phone or on here on social media.
  — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
• Within minutes, the child is on the phone.
  — Damon Wise, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
• Even talking out loud on the phone would sometimes freak me out.
  — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2025
• That said, my sense is most of them speak on the phone more than put things in writing.
  — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 21 July 2026
• Khalil could only listen on the phone.
  — Dan Greene, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
• Are lies more prevalent on text or email than on the phone or in person?
  — Christian B. Miller, CNN, 25 June 2024
• He often gets asked by younger fans to talk to their moms and aunties on the phone.
  — Elahe Izadi, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
• He's tried to access the content on the phone but hasn't been able to open it.
  — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 21 Mar. 2025
• Tom Wilson was on the phone and ready to bargain.
  — Sean Gentille, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
• Bo Lillis then asked Young to talk on the phone the next day.
  — Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
• The cousins went back and forth on the phone until Brandi broke in.
  — Michael Gordon, Charlotte Observer, 17 Jan. 2025
• Wait, so Matthew was always going to be on the phone with them.
  — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 10 Apr. 2023
• While the two were on the phone, Arguelles dropped a bombshell.
  — Stacy Lambe, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
• Lizzo’s talking on the phone to her boyfriend, Myke.
  — Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
• Carter was unconscious, his best friend told his Dad on the phone.
  — Kyle Werner, Des Moines Register, 13 Feb. 2026
• One officer is on the phone, with his other hand on the man’s side.
  — Hallie Golden, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2026
• You are not required to enjoy talking on the phone.
  — R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025
• Elliott says on the phone to Thornton.
  — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2025
• Sydney spoke to her mother on the phone just two hours before the crash.
  — Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2026
• She was fixated on the phone, the world around her reduced to a tiny screen.
  — Timothy McLaughlin, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2023
• Throughout the process, my father was on the phone with the scammers.
  — Ari Maas, New York Daily News, 11 July 2026
• Erez picks it up, stares through the crosshairs, as a voice on the phone instructs them how to aim and shoot.
  — Marisa Fox, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2026