An instance of speaking to someone on the phone or attempting to contact someone by phone.
‘he decided to make a phone call to a friend’
‘an hour-long phone call with the prime minister’
‘I got a phone call from my mum this morning’
‘Sometimes even a phone call to the company has not yielded the appropriate information.’
‘Everyone who entered should have received a phone call informing them of audition venues and times.’
‘He would be annoyed if she interrupted him with a phone call.’
‘They also learned how to deliver information to the general public on how to make an emergency phone call.’
‘Since Wednesday, I have been fielding phone calls left, right, and centre from journalists who want me to sensationalize the demise.’
‘Caroline called me to ask why you haven't returned her phone calls.’
‘I received phone calls saying they wanted to talk to me about a private matter.’
‘Many of the major political and financial scandals that dominated newspaper and television investigations in the 1970s and 1980s began with a simple phone call.’
‘Both of you were very generous with your time taking phone calls from around the world.’
‘I got this phone call from the museum saying that I'd been short-listed for an interview.’
‘Talk to your mentors, and take those phone calls from recruiters.’
‘The researchers made phone call after phone call through long days and weekends.’
‘It's very difficult for him to make all the phone calls and talk to everybody simply because he has a lot of farmwork to do.’
‘He started making phone calls the next day.’
‘I got a phone call from my editor, who informed me that the magazine was debuting a new look and format.’
‘Out of the blue, I got a phone call from her saying that Lloyd wanted to talk to me.’
‘Recently, I received a phone call from a dance teacher seeking advice.’
‘The four sat down to dinner when Tom received a phone call, which Daisy suspected to be from Tom's mistress.’
‘Before the first class meeting, I received a phone call telling me there was a homework assignment.’
‘A lot of his former colleagues no longer return his phone calls or meet with him, he said.’
‘I am quite disappointed that you have not been returning my phone calls recently.’
‘I had a smooth recovery, but doctors were too slow returning phone calls.’
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