How to Use telephone number in a Sentence

telephone number

noun
  • That initial fraud alert should ensure that the best telephone number to reach you at is added to the alert.
    Yec, Forbes, 6 May 2022
  • The nurse warned her not to return, and López found a new placement and changed her telephone number.
    Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2022
  • Court records did not list a lawyer for Jalali, and a telephone number listed for her did not work.
    CBS News, 20 May 2021
  • Be sure to leave your name, telephone number and street address.
    courant.com, 4 Dec. 2019
  • Where a caller is sent depends on the area code of their telephone number.
    Gillian Brassil, Sacramento Bee, 7 May 2024
  • The team telephone number did not appear to be in service.
    Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 23 July 2021
  • Bring a photograph of your dog with the owner's name, address, telephone number and the dogs name on the back of the photo.
    Courant Community, 21 May 2018
  • Inside was $2,000 as well as a business card with a telephone number on it.
    Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Has that point yet been reached for leaving your telephone number?
    Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2022
  • The telephone number the caller used did not go through to anyone, the police report said.
    Rosemary Sobol, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2023
  • One of the questions asked will be the name of your primary care physician and her/his telephone number.
    Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 16 Sep. 2021
  • Renters must bring a copy of the lease agreement or landlord's telephone number to verify the home can have pets.
    Chris Sims, Indianapolis Star, 4 June 2019
  • The mailbox for the telephone number listed for the campaign was full and could not accept messages.
    Azi Paybarah, New York Times, 9 June 2022
  • But there was a twist: the pay phones at the courthouse could only dial local telephone numbers.
    Oliver Darcy, CNN, 14 June 2023
  • The employee did not recognize the voice or the telephone number.
    chicagotribune.com, 9 Dec. 2019
  • McHale, who joined the department in 1997, didn’t respond to e-mails and the Globe couldn’t locate a working telephone number for him.
    BostonGlobe.com, 9 Oct. 2021
  • Sure, said Fang Lizhi, giving the reporter his telephone number.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 17 July 2023
  • Written on the back of the card was a telephone number that prosecutors claim Moussaoui had called.
    Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 9 May 2021
  • No one answered a telephone number listed for his address and the voicemail box was full.
    Michael Balsamo, Twin Cities, 30 Dec. 2019
  • Since hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe, the hope is that this sketch might act as a sort of telephone number.
    The Economist, 28 Nov. 2019
  • You are required to provide at least one telephone number.
    Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 22 June 2022
  • In the affidavit, the last four digits of the telephone number are redacted but the area code and first three digits of the phone number are the same and used in all the calls, the affidavit says.
    BostonGlobe.com, 7 Oct. 2021
  • The seniors are then to call back a supplied telephone number and read the gift card numbers, granting the con man instant access to those funds.
    Kate McCann, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2022
  • The complaints included the name, address, and telephone number for the parent.
    Chris Looft, ABC News, 25 May 2023
  • The telephone number was traced, and the caller was found unconscious but alive in an Upper East Side apartment.
    New York Times, 25 Apr. 2021
  • Police found a text message exchange which took place between the man and Remii's telephone number.
    Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2018
  • It will be assigned to some new telephone numbers and services starting Nov. 12.
    Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 2 Oct. 2019
  • Google the telephone number and see if it’s attached to multiple business names.
    Ron Hurtibise, sun-sentinel.com, 22 Aug. 2021
  • The company said the data does not include customer names, but there are often ways to find the name associated with a specific telephone number.
    Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 12 July 2024
  • On the recording the woman provided her address and telephone number for investigators to contact her.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 8 June 2024

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