Wondering how to use Dial in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as control or select.
Dial in a sentence
Related words
Dial meaning
- A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).
- Such a field as part of a clock face; (metonymic) the entire clock face.
Synonyms of Dial
Using Dial
- The main meaning on this page is: A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed). | A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed). | Such a field as part of a clock face; (metonymic) the entire clock face.
- Useful related words include: control, select, take, choose.
- In the example corpus, dial often appears in combinations such as: the dial, dial of, to dial.
Context around Dial
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dial
- In this selection, "dial" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, rotary, answer, two, two, four and gas stand out and add context to how "dial" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1988 the dial a song and a rotary dial in 1891. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dial" sits close to words such as circulating, displaying and eclipse, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dial
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Then listen for the dial tone and dial *66. (9 words)
Rotary dial Strowger also filed the first patent for a rotary dial in 1891. (14 words)
We record the questions and people can answer: Dial one, dial two, dial three, dial four. (16 words)
Dial-in A "dial-in" is a time the driver estimates it will take his or her car to cross the finish line, and is generally displayed on one or more windows so the starter can adjust the starting lights on the tree accordingly. (44 words)
Since an "always on" broadband is the norm expected by most newer applications being developed, this automatic upload trend in the background will continue to eat away at dial-up's available bandwidth to the detriment of dial-up user's applications. (42 words)
Some cameras have the DOF scale not on lens barrel, but on focusing knob or dial; for example, the Rolleiflex TLR has its DOF scale on the focusing knob; the subminiature camera Tessina has DOF a scale on the focusing dial. (41 words)
Are they focused, sort of balanced between OpEx and above the line, or how should we sort of maybe dial that into our models? (24 words)
Example sentences (20)
We record the questions and people can answer: Dial one, dial two, dial three, dial four.
If you have a dial gas meter, the steps are the same as those with a dial electricity meter, but you don't need to underline any numbers where the pointer has landed directly on it.
Then as dial-up went the way of the Dodo bird with the advent of broadband networks and cell phones, ValleyNet sold off its dial-up service and administration of the town listservs were taken over by Vital Communities.
Then listen for the dial tone and dial *66.
Dial a Nerd founder Colin Thornton said many people know Dial a Nerd as a consumer IT support brand.
This new version, created in Honey Gold with a black rhodium plated dial – boasts those five horological feats in a harmonious layout on the striking gray-hued dial.
Miguel, a teen daredevil, becomes the newest wielder of the Hero Dial—a rotary phone-like device that grants the user superpowers for one hour when they dial H-E-R-O.
At one point in 1988, the Dial-A-Song answering machine recorded a conversation between two people who had listened to Dial-A-Song, then questioned how they made money out of it.
Dial-in A "dial-in" is a time the driver estimates it will take his or her car to cross the finish line, and is generally displayed on one or more windows so the starter can adjust the starting lights on the tree accordingly.
Internet features game.com modem and internet cartridges To access the Internet, users had to connect an external dial-up modem to the game.com via a serial cable and dial into a game.
Rotary dial Strowger also filed the first patent for a rotary dial in 1891.
Since an "always on" broadband is the norm expected by most newer applications being developed, this automatic upload trend in the background will continue to eat away at dial-up's available bandwidth to the detriment of dial-up user's applications.
Some cameras have the DOF scale not on lens barrel, but on focusing knob or dial; for example, the Rolleiflex TLR has its DOF scale on the focusing knob; the subminiature camera Tessina has DOF a scale on the focusing dial.
They can focus on calling to certain countries or regions and have specific features such as rechargeability, pinless dial, speed dial and more.
While politically-oriented talk is still heard on the AM dial (mostly the conservative format), it has seen some expanding onto the FM dial.
Additionally, if you feel like you are being harassed by a scammer or spam caller, you can dial *57 to get detailed information about the call that will be passed along to law enforcement.
After that, open up the Pitch Correction dial and adjust it until you find a setting you like (we recommend setting it around 70).
And I save a lot of that energy for being onstage and I dial it up.
A replay of this call will be available for 30 days on our website and by dial-in.
Are they focused, sort of balanced between OpEx and above the line, or how should we sort of maybe dial that into our models?
Common combinations with dial
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the dial 58×
- dial of 40×
- to dial 20×
- dial and 13×
- and dial 9×
- dial back 9×
- dial the 7×
- dial on 7×
- can dial 6×
- dial up 6×