How to Use on the phone in a Sentence

on the phone

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• One officer is on the phone, with his other hand on the man’s side.
  — Hallie Golden, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2026
• Throughout the process, my father was on the phone with the scammers.
  — Ari Maas, New York Daily News, 11 July 2026
• The parents said location history data found in apps on the phone left them with questions.
  — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
• That makes sense for kids who have grown up texting more than talking on the phone, and communicating via Snapchat and Zoom videos.
  — Jillian Pretzel, Parents, 30 June 2026
• The two leaders, who have not met in person since before the war with Iran, spoke on the phone on Friday evening and agreed to schedule a meeting in the near future.
  — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
• After the initial cancellation, Moghal spent hours on the phone with StubHub, which said the order would remain canceled but then reversed course and promised her that they would be delivered an hour before the match, the lawsuit said.
  — ABC News, 2 July 2026
• Montalvo was on the phone with StubHub up until an hour before kick-off after StubHub abruptly notified Montalvo that the seller could not deliver the tickets and refused to provide comparable replacements due to soaring prices, reported the BBC.
  — Natassia Paloma, USA Today, 6 July 2026
• According to Lyndon Versoza, a postal inspector for the US Postal Inspection Service, Adult Protective Services was able to speak with someone claiming to be Wilding on the phone following LAPD’s welfare check, and the case was closed in January.
  — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026