How to Use call-in in a Sentence

call-in

1 of 2 adjective

• In 2016, the alt-comic cable talk show The Chris Gethard Show engineered a strange form of call-in game show.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 29 Feb. 2024
• The film’s narrative arc revolves around a call-in radio show.
  — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2023
• Peach Cobbler customers will be able to walk-in, call-in, or use the store’s app for delivery through a party.
  — Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 28 Mar. 2024
• The engineer complied just in time to show Putin’s annual call-in show, which lasted around four hours that day.
  — Simon Shuster, Time, 22 June 2023
• If so, your call-in time frames might be causing undue frustration.
  — Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023
• The 7-foot-2 center got a vote of confidence from Calipari on Calipari's call-in show Monday.
  — Kevin Skiver, The Courier-Journal, 16 Jan. 2024
• The mystery of his whereabouts came to a grim end last Monday, when police got a call-in tip about a possible body in 45-year-old Heather Stines’ apartment.
  — John Annese, New York Daily News, 28 Jan. 2024
• The board posted call-in information online for its May meeting.
  — Sean Maguire, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Apr. 2023
• There are no online or call-in orders during the cruise, however walk-in carryout is available.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 16 Aug. 2024
• Biden's post-debate cleanup — campaign rallies, an interview with George Stephanopoulos, and a call-in on Morning Joe — have failed to reset the narrative, at least so far.
  — Neal Rothschild, Axios, 11 July 2024
• Her work didn’t end even after selling all day at local events or festivals or after filling call-in orders (this was before websites).
  — Christopher Hurn, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
• Some pediatricians have a specific call-in period each day.
  — Parents Editors, Parents, 9 Oct. 2023
• But far from a cool respite from a hot political climate, an otherwise tranquil waterfront transforms into yet another backdrop for grievance with audio from call-in radio shows.
  — Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2024
• Individuals used the platform to share reports, voluntarily and in real time, about symptoms using a variety of media (such as a call-in line and smartphones); this information was quickly verified and collated.
  — Jaron Lanier, Foreign Affairs, 20 Mar. 2020
• That case involves a $7 million grant the Biden administration declined to issue after the state wouldn't agree to provide Title X patients with the national call-in hotline where operators would supply them with referral information.
  — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 3 Sep. 2024

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call in

2 of 2 verb

• Lynch is especially wary of bank debt, which the bank can usually call in on demand.
  — Charles Rotblut, Forbes, 26 May 2022
• People can call in to discuss non-urgent matters and are offered emotional support.
  — Byadjoa Smalls-Mantey, ABC News, 13 May 2022
• The Crimes of the Future actress attended the film's premiere and photo call in two stunning outfits.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 25 May 2022
• An online dispatch log indicates officers responded to a shots fired call in the area at about 12:45 a.m.
  — Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 21 May 2022
• Harrison and Scott implored people to call in with any related information.
  — Ngan Ho, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2022
• The situation took a turn when Amanda called in a panic after her babysitter canceled, needing someone to watch Jack.
  — Melissa Fleur Afshar, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
• Police responded to the call in the area of Mariposa and Owens streets and arrived to find two men, police said in a statement early Friday.
  — Lauren Hernández, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 May 2022
• Beekeepers and residents will call in with concerns during these sprays, Sinsko said, but because bees are not active at night when the trucks are spraying, there are no adverse effects.
  — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 16 May 2022
• Readers could call in their suggestions or use a relatively new-fanged technology growing in popularity with the masses, email.
  — Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press, 27 May 2022
• But if there's any doubt, Smith said, the unit is called in.
  — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 5 Nov. 2024
• And it’s, it’s ... time to call in the dumb cop (Ned Beatty).
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2022
• Perhaps the Supreme Court would be called in to tell us.
  — Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2024
• He has only been called in to work two shifts in the past two weeks.
  — Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2023
• The press did not print the recorded call in full until 1993.
  — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 9 Nov. 2022
• With about half the vote counted, Mr. Kelly was ahead but there was no call in the race.
  — Alicia A. Caldwell, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2022
• Maybe the officials just missed the call in the AFC title game.
  — Mike Bass Special To The Enquirer Usa Today Network, The Enquirer, 13 Apr. 2023
• But that’s the hardest call in basketball, the block/charge.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Jan. 2023
• Jovic then got the call in the third period ahead of Dedmon, when Adebayo went to the bench.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2022
• There's always been – There's always a lot of name calling in the last week.
  — NBC News, 3 Nov. 2024
• Had to call in some reinforcements to help with the unveil!
  — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2024
• Frey can be heard asking in one call in the docuseries trailer.
  — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2024
• Mom called in distress, asking if the night light was too bright or the sound machine too loud.
  — Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
• The controversy comes as Biden and Xi are set to hold their first phone call in four months.
  — Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 27 July 2022
• By that point, Toni would have called in sick herself, would be home napping.
  — Sarah Braunstein, The New Yorker, 21 July 2024
• The forum will be a call in, online forum to be live streamed on the league’s Facebook page at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 8.
  — Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2023
• Wolf hit Dike for 16 yards to the Gophers' 20 and Skyler Bell drew an interference call in the end zone on the next play.
  — Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 26 Nov. 2022
• Friends and family may be called in to help with tasting.
  — Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Nov. 2024
• At the time, Idol host Ryan Seacrest revealed that a record 65 million votes had been called in to make the selection.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 6 Dec. 2023
• Some people are just calling in to talk about what their reactions are to the show.
  — Alex Jhamb Burns, Vogue, 5 Aug. 2023
• More than 100 firefighters and EMS personnel were called in to put out the blaze and treat the injured.
  — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 27 June 2024

Last Updated: 29 Dec 2024