How to Use over the phone in a Sentence

over the phone

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  • Even a few words over the phone goes a long way.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Deals were made over lunch, on the golf course or over the phone.
    Ophir Tanz, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Reach out to them ahead of time, whether face to face or over the phone.
    Dayton Miller, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Keith played and sang him a few bars of the song over the phone.
    Marcus K. Dowling, USA TODAY, 27 July 2024
  • Belly laments to Jere over the phone.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Gu shared her plan with Yan, who was at the venue, over the phone.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 22 Jan. 2026
  • At least, this is what Zosia relays over the phone.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Daniel Rossen asks over the phone, trying to do the math.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Vouchers will no longer be issued over the phone.
    Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Never pay over the phone or through a link someone texts you.
    Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Deputies tried to reach Nevils over the phone, but no one answered.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Each adult child takes a moment to speak to their father over the phone.
    Randee Dawn, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Most insurance agents should be able to give you a quote over the phone.
    Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Heard talked to me about it over the phone on my way back from Nashville.
    Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Well, here’s another one over the phone.
    Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The pair chatted around five times a day over the phone over the first couple of days.
    Chris Waugh, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Spieker and Crow will talk over the phone twice a month, meet four times a year.
    Janet Novack, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • At the time, the two had only met over the phone — never in person.
    Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Don't give out any information over the phone or click on any in an email.
    Chandra Steele, PCMAG, 11 July 2023
  • Pickups can be scheduled online or over the phone.
    Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Duncan said over the phone from his home on a rainy day on the Cote d’Azur.
    Darryl Levings, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Trump, 79, told the Daily Mail over the phone.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 31 Mar. 2026
  • However, that wasn’t the last time the pair would chat over the phone in the middle of a game.
    Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 31 Jan. 2025
  • The pair subsequently spoke over the phone.
    Peter White, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Reservations can be made through OpenTable or over the phone.
    The Indianapolis Star, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Debbie asks early on in the clip, as the two reminisce over the phone.
    Angelique Jackson, Variety, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Kelce is only ever heard over the phone in two separate calls.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Paez allegedly moved out in May but spoke to her son daily over the phone.
    Eli Masket, CNN, 20 July 2023
  • Orders can be placed over the phone, in person or on the Relles website.
    Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 22 June 2024
  • Their son had listened over the phone as his mother begged for help after the shooting.
    Ellen Knickmeyer The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 24 Dec. 2023

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