How to Use telephone pole in a Sentence

telephone pole

noun

• During the chase, the suspect lost control of the car and crashed into a telephone pole.
  — Roberto Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
• The driver failed to negotiate a curve and the car slid off the right side of the road and struck a telephone pole, Gonzalez said.
  — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2024
• Make sure that the root flare, the tapered area at the base of the trunk, is situated above ground; your tree should not look like a telephone pole!
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 21 July 2023
• The mooring lines tethered to the ocean floor are made of rope nearly thick as a telephone pole and under heavy tension.
  — David Sharp and Jennifer McDermott, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 May 2024
• One man sat in the narrow shadow of a telephone pole, his belongings scattered out in front of him.
  — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023
• My team is quarterbacked by a telephone pole with a helmet.
  — Jason Gay, WSJ, 3 Apr. 2023
• Witnesses reported the impact forced the car, driven by a 16-year-old, off the road and into a telephone pole on the north side of Lake Road.
  — Cheryl Higley, cleveland, 28 July 2023
• Brooks was thrown headfirst from the courthouse’s second-story window and was beaten and dragged half a mile to the telephone pole where he was lynched.
  — Jason Beeferman, Dallas News, 27 July 2023
• The police ran tape from the tree in front of our house to a nearby telephone pole, signalling that what moments earlier had been our front yard was now a crime scene.
  — Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2023
• The car then continued east, striking a telephone pole, police added.
  — Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 16 Feb. 2023
• Photo: Courtesy of Neon De Portago’s car hits a telephone pole before bouncing off that and into the crowd.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 22 Jan. 2024
• In Atlanta, grocery store manager Matthew Garbett found a 50-pound Labrador mix tied to a telephone pole at his store, abandoned.
  — Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 8 Jan. 2024
• The crash in Phoenix that prompted the recall took place May 21, when a Waymo taxi hit a telephone pole in an alley while pulling over at low speed, according to the company.
  — Aaron Gregg, Washington Post, 12 June 2024
• The suspect then stole the transport vehicle and crashed it into a telephone pole, according to police.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 11 July 2023
• The trailer smashed into the pedestrian before hitting a telephone pole and fleeing.
  — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2024
• The recall follows a May 21 accident in Phoenix, Arizona, in which a Waymo driverless car hit a telephone pole that was installed in the roadway in an alley.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 13 June 2024
• Whether through surprise or distraction or simple freaking the hell out, the man subsequently drove his car into a telephone pole at speed.
  — Bradley Brownell / Jalopnik, Quartz, 12 May 2024
• After several shots were exchanged, Davis appeared to have been hit and staggered backward into a telephone pole.
  — Billy Witz, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2023
• One of the vehicles also struck a telephone pole and the side of a house, causing a gas leak that forced the temporary evacuation of surrounding homes, authorities said.
  — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2023
• On Wednesday afternoon, concerned citizens spotted the white and grey cat perched on a telephone pole and called the authorities for help, FOX 56 reported.
  — Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 16 Oct. 2023
• The telephone pole is visibly damaged but Duke Energy is expected to respond later Friday to fix it.
  — Jennifer Edwards Baker, The Enquirer, 8 Mar. 2024
• And others who gathered in the parking lot stood directly in the path of a telephone pole and overheard power lines, which could have caused severe bodily harm had Sunday’s drill been a powerful earthquake.
  — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2023
• During a separate outing on Sunday, Depp could be seen planting kisses on Balbuena, 25, as the musician slid her hand down the back of Depp's skirt while leaning against a telephone pole, a photo from the pair's outing shows.
  — Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 13 June 2023
• After finding handcuff keys and removing his cuffs, Mitchell stole the transport van, drove it through a gate and crashed into a telephone pole before he was apprehended, according to the affidavit.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 14 July 2023
• Earlier this month, Waymo issued a software and mapping recall for all its vehicles after one of its robotaxis crashed into a telephone pole.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 25 June 2024
• Waymo is issuing a voluntary software recall after one of its driverless vehicles collided with a telephone pole in Phoenix, Arizona, last month, the company said.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 12 June 2024
• On the other hand, fiber employs optical cable trenched underground with last-mile connections made either aerially (usually from a telephone pole) or underground depending on the topography of the homes and businesses being served.
  — Will Townsend, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
• Police say a preliminary investigation discovered that a Honda motorcycle was traveling north on Whiteford Road when, for reasons that are still being investigated, the vehicle went off the roadway and hit a telephone pole.
  — Matt Hubbard, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2024

Last Updated: 1 Dec 2024