Telephones is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Telephones meaning
plural of telephone
Using Telephones
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of telephone
- In the example corpus, telephones often appears in combinations such as: telephones and, mobile telephones, telephones were.
Context around Telephones
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Telephones
- In this selection, "telephones" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, mobile, landline, installed, across, video and door stand out and add context to how "telephones" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include albania s telephones were obsolete and all the telephones in each. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "telephones" sits close to words such as aleksandr, anecdotes and annum, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with telephones
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The constant ring of telephones in the background adds to the busy, vibrant atmosphere. (14 words)
Others have their computers and telephones monitored and have timed allowances for toilet breaks. (14 words)
Communication mostly took place via secure telephones provided by the Russian security service,” it said. (15 words)
Rural and other telephones that were not on a common battery exchange had a magneto hand-cranked generator to produce a high voltage alternating signal to ring the bells of other telephones on the line and to alert the operator. (40 words)
Telephones of this period had a simpler design and finish, and many of the early automatic desk telephones in Ericsson's catalogues were magneto styles with a dial on the front and appropriate changes to the electronics. (37 words)
Houses without telephones were entitled to free use of the communal phone of a neighbouring house; the decree further ordered the immediate installation of at least 150 telephones in public squares, particularly in outlying regions. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
As the number of installed telephones across the country grew it became sensible to consider constructing telephone exchanges to allow all the telephones in each city to be connected together.
Colnect is a site providing the world's most extensive online phonecards catalog. citation Support in telephones Most modern telephones, both mobile and fixed, have memory locations in which telephone numbers can be stored.
Houses without telephones were entitled to free use of the communal phone of a neighbouring house; the decree further ordered the immediate installation of at least 150 telephones in public squares, particularly in outlying regions.
However telephones would not be demonstrated there until 1876, with a set of telephones from Bell.
In 2008, there were 8.555 million mobile telephones in use, making Uganda sixty eighth in terms of countries having the most mobile telephones in use.
Most of Albania's telephones were obsolete, low-quality East European models, some dating from the 1940s; workers at a Tirana factory assembled a small number of telephones from Italian parts.
Rural and other telephones that were not on a common battery exchange had a magneto hand-cranked generator to produce a high voltage alternating signal to ring the bells of other telephones on the line and to alert the operator.
Telephones of this period had a simpler design and finish, and many of the early automatic desk telephones in Ericsson's catalogues were magneto styles with a dial on the front and appropriate changes to the electronics.
As cellphone grew to become extra common, the business shifted away from landline telephones and expertise.
Fans surrounded Judge Anthony Taylor and his household as they made their means by Budapest International Airport on Wednesday, shouting and insulting them whereas others filmed on their telephones, video exhibits.
That letter recommended return of confiscated computers, servers, telephones and records to the newspaper, the purging of newspaper records retained by the police department and initiation of a transparent inquiry into the department’s conduct.
The constant ring of telephones in the background adds to the busy, vibrant atmosphere.
TPH is recommending frequent hand washing, cleaning and disinfecting surfaces and high-touch areas, such as telephones, door handles and gym equipment.
Heather Virgin explained: “My father, Archie Gooch, along with Les Housego, had been evacuated from London to work at Standard Telephones and Cables.
Marrero, who used to work in the archives of the Venezuelan Congress in Caracas, found work selling telephones and then as a sales clerk at a convenience store owned by Venezuelan immigrants.
Others have their computers and telephones monitored and have timed allowances for toilet breaks.
Though they don’t embrace many types of modern conveniences and typically aren’t connected to utility grids, landline telephones or the internet, the Amish are not anti-technology.
Aside from attacking motorists, they confessed to specialise in snatching bags and telephones from unsuspecting victims.
At the point of their arrest, 12 exotic cars, several mobile telephones, laptops and some incriminating documents were recovered from them.
Communication mostly took place via secure telephones provided by the Russian security service,” it said.
Common combinations with telephones
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- telephones and 70×
- mobile telephones 48×
- telephones were 15×
- telephones in 13×
- of telephones 11×
- cellular telephones 8×
- telephones have 7×
- telephones or 6×
- landline telephones 5×
- and telephones 5×