How to Use call-in in a Sentence

call-in

1 of 2 adjective

• 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
• 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
• 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

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call in

2 of 2 verb

• Friends and family may be called in to help with tasting.
  — Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Nov. 2024
• Baumbach did not often call in sick to work and often covered shifts for his co-workers.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2022
• Making the right call in a real-world scenario is not always simple, retired police Capt.
  — Mitchell Willetts, Anchorage Daily News, 3 June 2022
• He was called in to audition several times and remembers not knowing much about the character.
  — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
• After the controversial call in the eighth, UConn padded its lead with another run in the bottom of the frame.
  — Ryan McFadden, Baltimore Sun, 7 June 2022
• Sure enough, Casey Kasem announced that my sister, Lucille Woodard, had five minutes to call in and claim her prize.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2022
• Have handfuls of dimes and quarters in order to use pay phones at cop shops, the Cook County Morgue and courthouses to call in her scoops.
  — Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2022
• My aunt was in this WhatsApp group, and someone had forwarded the casting call in that group—which is, like, the brownest way any of this could have happened, by the way.
  — Nojan Aminosharei, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 June 2022
• Morgan said getting the call in the bullpen to go into that situation means more responsibility and a rush of adrenaline.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 4 June 2022
• This can include warning off the intruder by radio, using a laser as a visual warning, calling in fighters to escort the craft out of restricted space, or shooting it down.
  — David Szondy, New Atlas, 25 Nov. 2024
• Also, the contact information for home services professionals to call in case your property is heavily damaged.
  — Regina Cole, Forbes, 3 June 2022
• The film also stars Amy Ryan and follows two rival fixers who cross paths when they’re both called in to help cover up a prominent New York official’s misstep.
  — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024