How to Use over the phone in a Sentence

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• Typically, the freeze will take place within one business day if requested over the phone or online, and within three business days if requested by mail.
  — Rebecca Schneid, TIME, 17 Aug. 2024
• Compensation details can still be advertised elsewhere or communicated in person or over the phone, though.
  — Samantha Delouya, CNN, 12 Aug. 2024
• For the better part of two weeks, Democrats have vented those frustrations to one another over the phone and by text without any serious mobilization against Biden.
  — David Sivak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 9 July 2024
• Deals were made over lunch, on the golf course or over the phone.
  — Ophir Tanz, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
• Keith played and sang him a few bars of the song over the phone.
  — Marcus K. Dowling, USA TODAY, 27 July 2024
• 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
• Deputies tried to reach Nevils over the phone, but no one answered.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 9 Jan. 2024
• Heard talked to me about it over the phone on my way back from Nashville.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 14 Mar. 2023
• Spieker and Crow will talk over the phone twice a month, meet four times a year.
  — Janet Novack, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
• Jean Liu: Jenna and I had first talked about her house over the phone.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 23 Aug. 2023
• At the time, the two had only met over the phone — never in person.
  — Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2023
• Each adult child takes a moment to speak to their father over the phone.
  — Randee Dawn, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2023
• The remains belonged to Story, a case agent told Wade over the phone.
  — Russ Bynum, Anchorage Daily News, 30 May 2023
• Never pay over the phone or through a link someone texts you.
  — Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
• Orders can be placed over the phone, in person or on the Relles website.
  — Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 22 June 2024
• 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
• The best way to avoid falling prey to such a scam is to avoid giving money over the phone or through an email.
  — Daniel Neman, Anchorage Daily News, 17 July 2023
• The dispatcher heard the ruckus over the phone and asked that the father step outside the home, the woman told police.
  — Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2024
• Some slept, spoke Spanish over the phone, played music out loud and caught up on late-night TV.
  — Dana Munro, Baltimore Sun, 24 July 2024
• The program’s findings showed teams resolved more than 30% of their calls over the phone, and dispatched the field teams in 47% of calls.
  — Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
• The couple let fans in on the heartfelt moment by sharing a video of them hearing the news over the phone.
  — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2023
• Paez allegedly moved out in May but spoke to her son daily over the phone.
  — Eli Masket, CNN, 20 July 2023
• Don't give out any information over the phone or click on any in an email.
  — Chandra Steele, PCMAG, 11 July 2023
• Cerutti imitates the bird’s piercing call over the phone and laughs.
  — WIRED, 20 June 2023
• Alexa Bartell spoke to a friend over the phone while driving Wednesday night when the line suddenly dropped.
  — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2023
• 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
• In the end, Common, who wasn’t available to comment for the WaPo piece, allegedly called to break up with her over the phone.
  — Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 July 2023
• But Picker Neiss’s husband implored over the phone: Make this work.
  — Jesús Rodríguez, Washington Post, 11 June 2023
• Certain of his love for Matilda, Niles proposed to Matilda over the phone.
  — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 30 July 2024

Last Updated: 1 Oct 2024