How to Use call-in in a Sentence

call-in

1 of 2 adjective

• 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
• 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 board posted call-in information online for its May meeting.
  — Sean Maguire, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Apr. 2023
• 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

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call in

2 of 2 verb

• Some neighbors who call in are frustrated, Sims said, and some are angry.
  — Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 23 Sep. 2022
• So, call in backup if your delivery doesn’t include setup.
  — Suzy Forman, SELF, 14 Oct. 2024
• Dan Preston logs in to our video call in a respectable, nondescript button-up shirt.
  — Sophia Chen, WIRED, 12 Sep. 2022
• In response to these mysterious events — and to soothe the crew’s jangled nerves — Friedkin called in a priest to bless the set.
  — Katie Rife, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2024
• The railroads dispute those claims, saying that workers often call in sick to enjoy long weekends, sporting events and concerts.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 13 Sep. 2022
• Those who have been seeking an easier way to clean their rugs and carpets — without having to rent a clunky machine or call in a professional — are in luck.
  — Annie Burdick, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2022
• And for much of the night, Cal answered the call in its first-ever Atlantic Coast Conference home game.
  — Jeff Faraudo, The Mercury News, 6 Oct. 2024
• The storm's track means some ships will extend their calls in Mexico and other locations, while other voyages will not depart on schedule.
  — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 9 Oct. 2024
• After making a port call in Guam last week, the Zumwalt arrived in Japan on Monday, social media posts showed.
  — Brad Lendon, CNN, 26 Sep. 2022
• The choice to take a call in the evening and converse with a sibling over nothing in particular is entirely her responsibility.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 12 Sep. 2022
• The responding officer decided to call in the homicide detectives.
  — Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 27 Sep. 2022
• Desperate, Schmitt decided to call in reinforcements: James.
  — Charlie Mason, TVLine, 10 Oct. 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Make a list of numbers to call in an emergency and keep them posted or in your phone.
  — Jennifer Brookland, Detroit Free Press, 7 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 30 Oct 2024