| 单词 | dial |
| 例句 | Even on the back porch, the Avery Lumber Company temperature dial rises from 89 to 96 to a nice round 100 degrees. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “She won’t ever call a number that didn’t answer. She’s probably dialing other houses in town right now! And here I sit Wait a minute!” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z TJ spun the black lock dial confidently, like he could feel the difference in the grooves and would know when he landed on the right numbers. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z “Be our guest—” The agent first dialed his wife, ‘i’m fine,” he told Marilyn. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I pick up and hear the dial tone, dial the 800 number for the phone card...and then stop. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z There was a phone with a dial in the room. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z I take a deep breath, dial zero, and close myself up in the pantry. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I love spinning the little dial, pretending I’m an international jewel thief. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z I picked up the phone book and slowly dialed Ellis Park and asked to speak to Owen Williams. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat down on my bed and dialed Aunt Rose's number. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Viewers filled out questionnaires and turned a dial marked “very dull,” “dull,” “fair,” “good,” and “very good” as they watched the show, with their responses then translated into a score between 1 and 100. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Unresisting, he lies back down, but just stares at the needle on one of the dials as it twitches from side to side. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z My hands are shaking so badly that I can barely dial the numbers. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It pushes basically everything else off the dial. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z This was the “booth” where the DJ stood, surrounded by turntables, mixers, decks, and dials. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She toyed with the dial of her combination lock, twisting it this way and that, and decided to be bold again. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He must have been dialing my mom’s number nonstop since August. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z How did she not have the Gravedigger on speed dial? Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z She had the golden instrument out in a moment and moved into the moonlight so she could see the dial clearly. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z This one is even bigger, with a combination dial. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z He got me a stool so my mouth would be at the right height, and I stuck my fingers in the holes and moved the dial around. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z After a week of this, I picked up the phone and dialed Morrie’s number. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She dialed, listened for a moment, hung up, dialed again. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He spent the rest of the night on the kitchen floor, dialing and waiting. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I reach for the dial and change it to static, and my dad snaps out of it. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z The doctor turned the dial and looked at his watch. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z So I dialed JetBlue reservations and had the following conversation with the agent: “Hello, this is Dolly. Can I help you?” answered a grandmotherly voice. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z He switches it on, waits for the tubes to warm, then runs the dial carefully down the band, right to left. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I pick up the phone and start to dial the main number, and then I remember. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There were three little knurled winding wheels, in fact, and each of them turned one of the three shorter hands, which moved around the dial in a series of smooth satisfying clicks. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I dialed the number while Vonetta and Fern cupped their hands at the coin return just in case. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z I picked up the phone, dropped in two quarters and dialed my moms at the house. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Sometimes, when she was alone in the house, she took the phone over to her bed and listened to the dial tone. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z He watched the needles intently; they still swept out a wide path across the dials. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I’m only two steps out of the building before I dial the number. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I dialed his number a few times but hung up before it rang. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She had gestured to the Rolodex on her desk during one of their earliest sessions, then turned the dial to flip through the contact cards. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She picked up the phone, dialed a number, and handed me the phone. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Pollux finds a small, warm room humming with machines loaded with levers and dials. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I don’t know who it was, but before the next noon, I dialed die madam from my own telephone-unlisted. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry twisted the dial and went through a quiz show, an amateur hour, and a play about the Deep South before he got what he wanted. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The area code was Massachusetts, probably Boston; I checked my watch and then dialed the number, reversing the charges to Dr. Roland’s office. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She dialed and cracked me a can of Pepsi as she waited for my father or his voicemail to pick up. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z The radio is of dark varnished wood with a single green eye that moves along the dial as you turn the knob. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I dialed Miss Trotter’s number, both hoping but also knowing not to hope. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z People seemed to want to dial into my clothes, my shoes, and my hairstyles, but they also had to see me in the context of where I was and why. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Art, noting it, began to manipulate the radio dials for no other reason than that he didn’t know what else to do. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Interlocking dial systems connected every town on Mars. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z That instrument panel: no one ever could know what all of those dials meant! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Wild thoughts of screaming for help or dialing 911 flash through my mind. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z On his dials the needles swung in all directions. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The mother, dialling the number on the phone, said, "I'm afraid men are not always quite as clever as they think they are. You will learn that when you get a bit older, my girl." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z On the strength of this, I open the letter Haymitch gave me from my mother, dial the phone number, and weep with her as well. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She told herself this all night and into the next morning, as she dialed, as she waited for the phone to ring. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I picked up the phone and dialed Mommy’s house long-distance, got her on the phone, and told her I had somebody who wanted to talk to her. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z No one had dialed her number for a dozen years. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I watched him remove a heavy engineer's watch from his breast pocket and squint at the dial importantly, then turn to check it with an electric clock that glowed from the wall. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She must have one of those really old rotary phones because I can hear her dialing it in the dining room. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z The dial was numbered from zero to 200. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Putting down the Penfield manual, she jumped up, thinking, I don’t need to dial now; I already have it—if it is Rick. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Then: the dull drone of a dial tone. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Every few days Mrs. Sen would open up the yellow pages, dial a number that she had ticked in the margin, and ask if there was any whole fish available. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Bernabe lugged this rare coin back across the street and dropped it into the pay phone beside the soda dispenser, dialing home. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I turned the dial to three and then four. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z I was focused on Emma as she dialed, but then a commotion broke out behind me and I turned to see a crimson-faced man waving an umbrella at us. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z That night, as celebrations spilled out into the streets, Oleg Kalugin dialed the phone number on the piece of paper in his pocket. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z As soon as Lyra had gone her way, Will found a pay phone and dialed the number of the lawyer’s office on the letter he held. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Watching the numbers go around and around as I dialed made me dizzy. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I dial her number quickly, before I have time to change my mind. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Levy dialed it and a voice answered, “Good morning. Regal Cleaners.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Scientists sat on the edge of stools in front of tables loaded with electronic panels, dials, switches, and blinking lights. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He was strapped into a chair surrounded by dials, under dazzling lights. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He asked one of the student trainers to dial the phone for him and call his girlfriend. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Sure, of course, someone could get distracted by reaching for food, looking away from the road, or even by turning the dial of a car radio. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Malcolm wondered what single picture small and clear enough to fit on the dial of the alethiometer could symbolize a flood. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He waits a few minutes, tries again, turning the dial this way and that, but no use. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z It could be a bill collector for all I know, and they always get the dial tone. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z On his own console he dialed for a creative and fresh attitude toward his job, although this he hardly needed; such was his habitual, innate approach without recourse to Penfield artificial brain stimulation. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Tubes and wiring herniate from the opening, all leading to a series of dials and gauges, connected to three ruptured vats, and behind it, a series of arrested pistons. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The Prince kept the dial by the twenty mark long long after it was necessary, until the Count said, “Done.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She worked with a dial for several minutes before she got it to the place that suited her. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Furious with himself, Harry spun his speed dial back to normal as play resumed. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z For my entire life the dial on that car’s radio stayed on one station. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Inserting the coin, Rick dialed his home phone number. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z As I dialed, I noticed someone leaning over the garbage can across the street. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z You’re given a top-down view of a three-dimensional tunnel, and you use a spinning rotary dial to control a “shooter” that travels around the rim of the tunnel. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z O’Brien had pushed the lever of the dial up to thirty-five. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Some of Enrique’s campmates say they were apprehended when a rancher pointed a pistol at them, told them to freeze, and then dialed the U.S. immigration agents on his cell phone. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Winston dialed “back numbers” on the telescreen and called for the appropriate issues of the Times, which slid out of the pneumatic tube after only a few minutes’ delay. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z With a trembling finger, I started to dial the numbers. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I hit dial, listening to it ring, my eyes closing as it goes to voice mail. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z When I reached it, I dialed in the combination and grabbed my lunch. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I dial his number, press Speaker, and place the phone on the kitchen island. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Dasch slid the glass door shut, pushed some coins into the slot, and dialed the number. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Picking up the receiver of the car’s phone, he dialed the operator at San Francisco. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I call him while running across the soccer field, holding down 1 to speed dial. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z I hurried home and came into the apartment just as my father was beginning to dial the phone. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The dial tone was the most beautiful sound I’d heard in ages. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “But a mood like that,” Rick said, “you’re apt to stay in it, not dial your way out. Despair like that, about total reality, is self-perpetuating.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z It is a cheap brown plastic radio, with a simple dial and no shortwave so that it only receives German stations. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z She returns with a small black box covered in dials and buttons. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I roll my thumb over the volume dial. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z He turned the sphere’s control dial, and it whirred into action. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I stood and picked up the phone again, dialed the number on the leather petty-cash envelope. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Ms. Clark picks up her phone and dials. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “In that case,” she says, flipping the dial to find the next song. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “Food spoils quickly in our climate!” he insisted, turning the dial to near freezing. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But it was so chilling that someone—maybe Dad, probably Benjamin—dialed 911, which no member of my family had ever done before. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z So, he picked up the phone and dialed. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z I don’t look back at you, not yet, but I know anyway: Now you are turning the dial of your combination lock. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Toby picked up the receiver and dialed Lily’s number, which he had already committed to memory. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The speedometer needle crept past one hundred, the last number on the dial, and pushed into the empty space beyond. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The man was all alone in the night—a ragbag with a round, flat face that glowed like a radium dial. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She gave a little huff as she let go of the sound dial and sat down on the sofa. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I copied the number into my guidebook and dialed from a pay telephone, sorting through the coins with which I was still unfamiliar, smaller and lighter than shillings, heavier and brighter than paisas. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Leroy pressed the gas pedal to the floorboard, and the speedometer dial spun around and around before it fluttered at 65. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Mac picked up the kitchen phone and dialed. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z The soundboard consisted of a panel of switches, dials, and lights. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “You know. It’s a screen with a three-dimensional picture in it. You say the number, and the operator dials it for you.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I can dial up Charlie’s reputation to ten again, even though he’s dead. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I want to hang up, dial again, start over. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Here, let me dial it for you,” she said, picking up the receiver. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Then I got up, wiped my face on the sleeve of my hospital coat, walked to the physicians’ lounge, and dialed the number I knew by heart. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “What happened to the 5941 dialed for you before I left? Pleased acknowledgment of—” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z He got up from the couch and found his mother about to dial another number on her phone. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Customers still without a dial picked up their phone’s receiver, and an operator answered. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “I’ll dial for both of us,” Rick said, and led her back into the bedroom. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I start to dial Dad's number three times, and three times I stop. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I dial her up and she’ll talk to me, but when it comes to going out, it’s all, “Not tonight, Red.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The man dialed, spoke shortly and hung up. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z She reached for the telephone and dialed the number of the hotel where the Hartliebs had ended up. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t feel like dialing anything at all now,” Iran said. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The last number he dialed received no answer. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z He hung up, waited a moment to make sure his poise was the way he wanted it to be, then dialed Trucho. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But now he picked up the receiver, and experimentally let his fingers dial; and sure enough, he found that they recollected easily what his mind had strained uselessly to remember. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The next day, while I was alone at home, I dialed the number on the card Coach Val had given me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Doing CPR. Everybody was going nuts. Dad started running up to his car phone, dialing 911.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Truman picked up the phone and dialed the number for Roosevelt’s press secretary. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It had some kind of a dial or gauge on it to read—I couldn’t see from where I was, but he held it in front of his mask and turned it slowly, studying it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Mudd lit an oil lamp and dialed up the flame to permit a proper examination of his new patient. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z My heartbeat quickens as I dial into my voice mail, bracing myself for the worst. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I can’t make my fingers go round that dial fast enough. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I clamp my eyes shut, hold my breath...and dial. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z We watched him turn his head this way and that, like adjusting the dial on a radio. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z She picked up the phone and dialed her father’s office. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Owen turned a dial on a small box at the edge of the bed. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Pefta lay down his pathetic key ring, picked up the phone, and dialed headquarters in the capital. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I go into the bathroom and dial the number again. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z And she remarked to old Grandma, dozing beside her stove with the dial turned all the way to HIGH, and to Tayo who was oiling his hunting boots: “I tell them, ‘It isn’t easy. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Another difficulty there is that my father, whom I warmly refer to as Bore, put a lock on our phone—one of those round locks you put in the first dialhole so you can’t dial. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z She walked naked to the far wall and knelt and turned the dial on the baseboard heater. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Up in the apartment, as I pick up the phone, I’m already asking myself why I’m dialing the number. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He dropped in a coin and dialed the number on the note. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He had already dialed the number by the time I said yes. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He fiddles with a dial and flips some switches, pokes the pointers down into the guts of the controller, looks at the scope, looks at the diagram, frowns, and then touches something else. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I make coffee, let it go cold, dial Detective Riley’s number, then hang up straightaway. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I reached into my pocket, grabbed my cell phone, and dialed the number that Margo recited to me. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z She could always tell because her mom had to dial all those extra numbers. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “It was a very mean thing to do. Your father tried to call his office this morning, and he couldn’t get the lock off. He couldn’t dial!” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z The coolest part about the hotel was that we could just dial the front desk on the phone, order any food we wanted, and in a few minutes they’d bring it up to us. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I reached eagerly for the phone and dialed the familiar number. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “If you try to throw me out of the League, I will dial up Genevieve von Hapsburg in New York City myself,” I hiss, because I happen to know Genevieve’s Hilly’s hero. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z By the time I’d spun the dial left and right and left again for the third time, I decided that the combination lock was my sworn enemy. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z And the answer to that question—“because it literally has never occurred to me”—was so outrageously dumb that Colin just picked up the phone without another word and dialed 773.555.1212. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z I went behind him and saw a tiny dial on the back of each of his hearing aids. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The Man in the White Shirt dialed; his fingers were shaking as he pressed the keys. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z My hand shook a little as I dialed the phone. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z I held out for about three minutes before I retrieved the phone and dialled into voice mail. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z A traveler from Germany recalled that simply by turning an electric dial on the wall by his bed, he could request towels, stationery, ice water, newspapers, whiskey, or a shoe shine. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He then picked up the phone without any perceptible hesitation and dialled a local number. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z She picked up the phone and started to dial, then ended the call before completing the number. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He had started dialing her number one more time when he heard Luke open the door to the bathroom. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z As it began to swing around the dial, her eyes followed it, watching, calculating, seeing down the long chains of meaning to the level where the truth lay. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He blew on his hairy fingers and twisted the combination dial. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Papi asks, then hurries away to the phone and begins dialing some numbers. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Soon as we hang up, I dial Minny quick as I can. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z My brain holds on to numbers, though, and I dial his from memory. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The dial of the clock was luminous and it shed a very soft green light. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z But Jaden and Jenny were staring at me, so I dialed the number and sat there listening to it ring, wishing I could just hang up. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I pressed zero and followed the prompts, first dialing Marcus’s number, then speaking my name into the receiver, and, finally, waiting. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I turned the dial to number two and when Catherine put down the mask I turned it off. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “But how can you stop people remembering things?” cried Winston, again momentarily forgetting the dial. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z When he tried to dial a third time, the woman stopped him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He reached the roof and a moment later sat in the darkness of his hovercar, dialing. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z She races to the phone, but in her desperation, she dials several wrong numbers before she gets the one she wants. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Even as I dialed the number on the screen, I’m not sure I realized how down I was—I just wanted someone to talk to. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He had leverage; I had pieces of a story and a psychiatrist on speed dial. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z A curving window of nonreflecting glass was the first break in the universal metal, and below it was a single large dial, with a single motionless needle hard against the zero mark. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z He looked at the dashboard of the plane, studied the dials and hoped to get some help, hoped to find a compass, but it was all so confusing, a jumble of numbers and lights. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z The needle of the dial had shot up to fifty-five. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Like a magician producing a rabbit, he pulled out the Archimedes sphere and began tinkering with the ancient bronze dials. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Nick picked up the phone behind the counter and dialed a number. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Mulch held his breath and twisted the dial, one cog at a time. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z He checked the directory and dialed a long-distance call through to the biggest beauty parlor in New Texas City. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Rick dialed, presently had the police switchboard operator. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z He fiddled with the dial a moment, landing on some mariachi music that was as equally redneck and sappy in its own way as were the cowboy songs. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z So I opened the phone book again and started dialing, hoping I’d find one of those people who knew her. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Then, after several minutes of careful thought, she flipped open her address book and dialed her friend Michael, who worked at the New York Times. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Then, for good measure, Leo turned the dial on his Archimedes sphere, which unleashed a plume of foul white fog that filled the room. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I turned the dial all the way and as she breathed hard and deep her hand relaxed on the mask. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z It occurs to him that he dialed SJ before he called his mama. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He took out his pocket watch and lit a match to read the dial. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z At home in Brooklyn, you turned the dial six or seven times to see what was on the other channels. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z I see the flow of liquids, pumping through the tubes, watch a wall of dials and lights that mean nothing to me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z To pass time, Helmuth fiddles with a radio dial, trying to tune in a station other than the German Reich radio, the RRG. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z I dialed the school and when a voice answered, I said in English, “Hello?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Then, against my better judgment, I went downstairs to the pay phone and dialed Francis’s number. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I closed them behind me and dialed Henry’s number, half-expecting he wouldn’t answer but to my surprise he did, on the second ring. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Tanisha hangs up first, and all I’m left with is the dial tone humming a wordless tune in my ear. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Finally, in exasperation, I pressed down the receiver and dialed the twins. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Anyways, long as they got me stuck in here and I gotta make calls home I’m gonna dial a fake number. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He went to the safe and turned the dial left and right, stopping at each number of the combination. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z A faint orange glow lights the dial, and I squint and set it to five, right in the middle, just like always. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He twists the dial to the RRG, and as he listens, he grows angry all over again at its twisted lies. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z What he produced looked like the pistol their PE teacher used to start races on field day, but with dials on the side. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z My finger hooked into the first circle on the dial and my fingers pulled around, dialing for a long-distance line, the area code, followed by “AT7” and the last four digits. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z A dial tone, of course, followed the formal break in the connection. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z She was still shaking from the effort when she dropped her coins in the pay telephone beside the restroom and dialed. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z The doctors told Dad to buy a Blubber-O-Meter 3000, a bathroom scale with a giant dial that was easy to read. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z C.P. stood immobile, the dial tone buzzing from the receiver in his hand. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z She turns on her lamp, reaches for her phone, and dials a number. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He dialed the number and Aunt Lorraine answered. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Luis was inside it, looking at the dials on a pump and making notes. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Picking up the vidphone receiver, he dialed the Hall of Justice on Lombard. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “He was always joking about calling the tips number in the newspaper, and the five of us splitting the reward money. Picking up the telephone. Pretending to dial.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She stooped to read the dial of her watch by the radio’s light. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “I’m trying the UN station,” Patrice said, fiddling with the radio dial. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z There are currently about 245,000 Indians answering phones from all over the world or dialing out to solicit people for credit cards or cell phone bargains or overdue bills. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Right at the bottom of the AM dial, just when you almost couldn’t turn it any further, we’d pick up strange signals, rhythmic electric pulses that could only be one thing: UFOs. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z I dial their number, the land- line, and let it ring a couple of times, then I hang up. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Colonel Batt handed me the phone, and I dialed the only number I knew by heart. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Now a man sitting with his back to me, manipulating dials on a panel. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The tiny box has silver antenna rods, and its curved screen is framed by a wood-grain border, with two chrome dials and a teeny-tiny built-in speaker. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He dialed a number and smiled when someone answered on the second ring. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z He dialed the number, and it immediately went busy. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Gives one of the dials a slow turn. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z When the meds are dialed this high, it takes away all stirrings. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I went downstairs and dialed Henry’s number, and got, as I expected, no answer. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Instead of its wayward divagations around the dial it swung smoothly from one picture to another. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I turned the sound all the way down and clicked the dial to channel seven. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z The timepiece’s cool weight comforted me, and when the passing streetlamps permitted, I watched the second hand continue its steady revolution around the porcelain dial. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Resist the urge to dial her back, to ask, What other night? X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Hanging up, he dialed state police headquarters: “Give me Xavier Trucho, please. . . .” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Still time to call 911, but rather than dial those three little numbers, I drove toward the mall exit because I wanted to get away from it all first. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Beside the bar what looked like a radio dial would, upon being turned, make the lighting throughout the house as mellow or as bright as the mood demanded. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Immediately after George and his family of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, dialed the radio to The Mercury Theatre, a newsflash came on. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “Now that your pain nanites are dialed to zero, it’s inevitable.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Horace fed a coin into the slot and Emma dialed the number. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She took out her phone and dialed Tim, while everything around her creaked and wires hung from the ceiling like a scene out of a bad movie. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He could not take his eyes away from the dial. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Sometimes they got through a whole session without use of the dial. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z To Lexie, the world seemed nearly perfect, and her fantasies were her real life with all the colors dialed up. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Grandpop was still at the table, turning the dial on his radio, trying to clear up the fuzz. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I dialed the Admissions Office and listened to the zombie voice leave a message that Miss Esther Greenwood was canceling all arrangements to come to summer school Then I opened Buddy Willard's letter. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Then there were fewer birds; and after that there was grass of an unearthly green, so bright it glowed far into the twilight, like a luminescent clock dial. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I picked up the phone and dialed Jones's house. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Shin fiddled with its dial nearly every morning, switching among the dozen or so Korean-language stations that broadcast daily into North Korea and northeast China. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I gave the Eagle a piece of paper, and he walked to a phone on the wall and dialed. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z There was a marker on a dial that turned with a handle. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z I dialed three times, broke off in the middle each time, but on the fourth try, I managed to hold on until her voice. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z To distract myself, I fiddled with the radio dials, hoping Rufino would get back soon so I’d have someone to talk to. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z So Rick hunted for the phone himself, found it, and dialed Harry Bryant’s office. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Then he picked up the car phone and dialed Leon Longbridge. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z And yes, cell phones apparently can be used to dial directly into hell, because my call went something like this: MOM: Hello? Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Rishi whipped out his cell phone and dialed home to warn Ma and Pappa. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “Don’t question me, daughter. Pick up this phone and dial that number. Your father needs to know.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Carney slewed his eyes at the dial and spoke two words: his offer. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The announcer urges German listeners to find others to tune in and reminds them to turn the dial so that they won't give themselves away, if caught. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Then I picked up my phone and dialed. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z There were so many pipes, valves, levers, knobs, brackets, dials, and handles—and I didn’t have any idea what most of them did. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s as if someone reached in and dialed it ever so slightly to the right, one notch faster. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z On Sundays, Bobby made a habit of listening to the radio all day, flipping up the dial and back. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Elizabeth fiddles with the buttons and dials on the top as I chew my nails. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z There, beside the glowing yellow night-light of his radio dial, chessboard at his side, chess books and magazines spread around the room, he’d let his thoughts drift. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to call Walter, but I couldn't figure out how to dial him from Sweden. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z As I watch Violet dial, I’m painfully aware that I haven’t thought of calling my own parents. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Armpit picked up the receiver and dialed zero. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I move to a different seat near the back of the bus and dial Lidia’s number. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z In the other room the woman twists the dial, and voices sermonize from the speaker. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Under his hand there was a dial with a lever on top and figures running round the face. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I waited for ages, and was just about to leave when finally she hung up, and I dug in my pocket for a quarter and dialed the twins’ number. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z "Sure," Turtle replied, dialing the telephone number of the hospital. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “The same thing, that crazy laugh and then the dial tone.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Nan dialed, and I crossed my arms, held tight, and listened in. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z I’m dialing her before the back doors even close. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He dialed her number in New Chicago, one hundred miles over the dead sea. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z He did not look at Winston either; he was looking only at the dials. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I laid them all out in front of me in short rows, took a deep breath, pictured the lions at the zoo and dialed Liz’s number. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z My eyes turn again and again to the luminous dial of my watch; the hands will not budge. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He takes out his phone and dials a number. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z How then would he marshal the courage to dial Grover’s house? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He spotted the transistor radio, put the C batteries in it, and spun the dial until he got a New York station. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “Due to the high volume of calls, our operators are busy and working to get to your call as quickly as possible. If this is not a true emergency, please dial 311.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z They flipped a penny about who was going to speak, and Petra dialed. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z His hand shook almost uncontrollably as he dialed the hospital number. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Olive spun the dial back and forth, then tried the lock. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She spun the dial and tugged the door open, ducking her head inside under the pretext of sorting things into and out of her backpack. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Sometimes, after the dial tone stopped, she pretended he was whispering in her ear. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z It rang for a long time; the caller must have dialed a few times before Mama finally answered it. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “I owe him this!” he shouted as he dialed. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He hangs up, swears, and then starts dialing the next number. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z She fed a dime into the slot and dialed the phone number on the card. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Are you ready? Watch the dials. We’ll exclude time lapse in this; I just want magnitude.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z She flips the dial on her TV, turning it off. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She dials the number, listens as it rings four times. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z We said we dialed the number by accident, and the police let us off the hook with a warning. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z There were tables, a grandfather clock without dial face or works. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He clicked a few dials and pulled some wires, trying to pretend that Hygeia was just one large, dangerous Nintendo game system. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z But she did not dial; she felt too listless and ill to want anything: a burden which closed off the future and any possibilities which it might once have contained. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z When Dad showed concern that I’d be in the woods by myself, I wiggled my cell phone and said, “I’ve got you on speed dial. Plus, I know those trails better than anyone.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z In the movies, there’s always a dial tone almost immediately after someone hangs up on you. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Moreover he was in dread that if he persisted in his disagreement O’Brien would twist the dial again. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Serafina Pekkala called to the aeronaut, and he woke at once, groggy with cold, but aware from the movement of the basket dial something was wrong. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Obviously, they know my phone number, judging by the text message avalanche—they must’ve forwarded me straight to a live operator the instant I dialed them. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “I keep dialing her number but no one answers. We must go find out if that phone will never be answered.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She picks it up and dials, and I stare at my hands while I feel my dad watching me. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z And with my right hand, I feel around in the dark until I find the controller, then the dial, and then the little switch. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though it was midnight, I dialed my mom in tears and told her that Slash had said he didn't love me anymore. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I feel myself starting to calm down, heartbeat dialing back to normal. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Turning the corner, Francie saw that both doors were hooked back hospitably and she imagined that the large, bland dial of the swinging scale blinked a welcome. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, I dial the number that I’ve known by heart for years and press the receiver to my ear. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as she was finished, she cast aside the embroidery that covered the telephone, dialed, and asked, “Yes, is Mr. Sen there, please? It is Mrs. Sen and it is very important.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I tried to dial now, hearing the busy signal throbbing back at me: Amen-Amen-Amen Ah man; and I sat there a while. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Tex took me to a phone booth and I dialed zero and told the operator the number and yes, this was a collect call. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She practiced Park's number, her finger sliding across the dial. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z He grudgingly picks up the phone and starts dialing. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z I walk almost as far as the fence before I dial the voice mail again: would I like to change my greeting? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw the two dial indicators gyrate frantically. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z There were more starving Russians with faces like radium dials. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z As he drove to his first job of the day, the restoration of a wonderful old mansion in the Garden District, he turned the dial on the radio, looking for something, anything, else. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I dialed the number for the first time. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z I nibbled at the corner of a hangnail while Gay dialed and asked Lorraine if this was a good time. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Finally she stood by the set with her hand on the sound dial. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She tries to imagine him hunched somewhere, his fingers twisting the dials of a phantom radio. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I watched as he turned the dial left, right, left, then pulled. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z In forty degrees, I sweat like iced tea in August and here I woke up this morning to eighty-three on the dial. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He leans back in his seat with a sigh, fiddling with the radio’s dial. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z We had a little time to kill before our bus left, so I dragged Rondell with me to another pay phone, pulled out the leather petty-cash envelope and dialed the phone number on the front. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I stood there, holding the receiver, until a dial tone came droning on the other end. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She spun the dial and tugged the door open, ducking her head inside under the pretext of sorting things into and out of her backpack. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I dialed it quickly so I wouldn’t forget, so quickly that I got it wrong and lost my quarter. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The six numbers to dial are in my head. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Her scream bent instrument dials like palms in a hurricane. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z He darted over to the radio, leaned all his weight on one of the dials, and snapped it on. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Sookie was fourth on Mom’s list, though I had never dialed his number before. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z A man in a white coat was reading the dials. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I hooked my finger inside the hole for zero on the phone and dialed. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Ladybird turned a dial on her signature diamond watch. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Tucker twisted the dial until a steady, soft stream of music was coming out. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He dialed the operator and asked her to connect him with my parents’ phone number. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z As the professor turned the wheel, they saw a slender black hand, like a minute hand, detach itself from the complicated background and move around the dial with a series of clicks. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He switched off the lights in the room and sat down at a console that was covered with dials and digital readouts. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a good father, dialed in and consistent in ways his own father had never been, but there were also things he’d sacrificed along the way. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She listens for a dial tone in case the line doesn’t go free. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z A regular landline dial tone, reaching out from the past like a security blanket, a sign that the world beyond this fence still exists. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z With a deep breath, I dialed Thomas’s number. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Then I went back behind him and turned the dials extremely slowly, a few millimeters at a time. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Someone on the phone kept saying to me, “If you’d like to make a call, please hang up and dial again.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z When Shepherd went off the air, Bobby continued to twist the dial searching for other broadcasts and shows. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It made Selena prefer to watch the indicator dial over the elevator. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z She heard Laxmi dialing directory assistance, asking for the number of a beauty salon. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Then I opened the phone book and started in dialing. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is impossible to perform any act of kindness toward you two. Always the same phantasm! I merely kept all dials at equilibrium in accordance with the will of the Master.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z I got the hospital number from Information and dialed it up, asking for the nurses’ station in the colored wing. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There, at her console, he dialed 594: pleased acknowledgment of husband’s superior wisdom in all matters. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z She turned the dial around to look at them all. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z As they passed on through the village square, meeting and chatting with the villagers, Pong's senses were dialed all the way up. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z His eyes don't leave the diagram, and he taps the sheet and says, "Get a reading on this rheostat, David. If the dial's out of alignment, that could double or triple the current getting past." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The combination had to be dialed and clicked in perfectly, or it didn’t open and you had to start all over. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z To dial a number given to you by a man in a cage, to tell the voice on the other end, “I saw him.” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z There was a red smear on the dial. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to twist the little metal dial to those mysterious numbers that would magically open my locker. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z He heard a clock ticking and searched for it with his eyes; it was at the head of Mary’s bed, its white dial glowing in the blue darkness. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Here’s the first question,” Rick said; the gear had now been set up and the needles of the two dials quivered. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I try sending out good vibes as the modem dials. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Initially the dial is set at 1 g' and everything behaves as we have grown up to expect. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She has tired of spending Sunday morning, her sole day off, downtown at the storefront Internet store dialing Enrique. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “Midway between the hour hand and noon on the dial is south.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z One twin sat the boom box on the ground and clicked the dial. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z I’m dialing the second motel when Howard reappears. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The machine has various dials and buttons on it, and a small digital screen. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z So he dialed again and put the phone to his ear, waiting to hear his son’s voice. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z He turns the radio dial to a classic-rock station and starts to sing along. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I hung up and waited for her to call me, but she didn’t, so I tried dialing her six more times. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z For the moment he had even forgotten the dial. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Back at her hotel, she dialed and, to her immense relief, a secretary picked up almost immediately. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z So I checked in to the downtown Holiday Inn, sat on the bed, phone in my lap, and dialed Sonny’s pager. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He spun the dial to clear it, then worked the new combination. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z I picked up the phone and started to dial. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, if the house feels cold she twists a dial in the kitchen, and voila. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The grip was polished bronze, studded with dials and buttons. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The judge dialed the number and tapped her foot impatiently, waiting for an answer. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “I double dare you to pick up the phone and dial a random number and have a conversation with whoever answers, like you know them.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The fool’s listening for the dial tone again, in case someone tries to call. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z After his grandparents went to bed, he rigged up an antenna and toyed with the radio dials, tuning in a German-language newscast on the BBC. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I turned it on manually—no remote—and turned the dial. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Each evening, when Donovan arrived back in West Berlin, he would dial a phone number and announce, "Jim D. is back." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Please have a seat and I will be with you in a moment,” he said in English, and he shuffled through some papers, picked up a phone, and dialed a number. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “I’m on the phone,” I said, even though I had not yet dialed. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The computer causes the dials and gauges to move just as they would if various things were happening to the real spacecraft. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. I ,evy dialed the second number that she gave him. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When I pick up the phone, there’s no dial tone. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I saw the cell phone on Dr. Fiona’s belt and signaled to her that I wanted it—I mimed dialing on my palm, then brought the “phone” to my ear. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She pulled out her phone and dialed up Bennie as she headed downstairs. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Once a week or so, if I found a quiet moment, I’d pick up the phone and dial the number for our apartment on Euclid. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z All he had to do was dial his conscience down to zero. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z This involved a return to Ernest’s old “brute force” method: when all else failed, dial up the energy, step up the current, and wait for something to happen. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z But as I started to dial, I became confused. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He caught a quick glance of two pilot chairs, windows above wide panels full of instruments and dials and screens flashing information. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She purchased the dress, and as soon as we got home, I mustered all my courage and dialed Evan's phone number. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He made little dialing motions with his finger. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The commotion within me went on, but at a lower volume, as if someone had turned down my dial. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z He dashed back across the road, hurried up to his office, snapped at his secretary not to disturb him, seized his telephone, and had almost finished dialing his home number when he changed his mind. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z As soon as I go home I pick up the phone and dial. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Milo dials his number and gets no answer. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Hugo then made sure the gears and levers were moving accurately, and he checked that the time was correct on the miniature dial built into the back of the clockworks. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z I reach over to the phone and dial her number. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z There wasn’t a listing for Lily Griffin, but there was a Reverend Arlo Griffin, and Toby dialed it. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z See: There are dials, and she must turn them this way and that to keep things where they should be. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She opens her address book, suddenly unable to remember her son’s phone number, a thing she can normally dial in her sleep. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Keep looking. And this time, use the dial.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z And sometimes you couldn’t get anything like a dial tone for hours at a time and in the end it was easier just to give up and read a book. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The doctor moved the dial and watched her. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z He would wander to the couch, sit for a while, stand up, then check the phone again to make sure it still had a dial tone. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z After the final dial twist, he fired a brilliant red flare into the sky. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z They surfed the radio dial trying to lock on to the artificial moon’s beeping, its sound like an otherworldly cricket. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z His instruments, too, he fixed to the framework with close attention, even the compass, whose needle was swinging around the dial quite uselessly. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “If I dial by schedule,” he said warily, “will you agree to also?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z She hands it over, and I dial the house. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z My hand reached for the dial on the radio. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z As I turn the dial, my view through the telescope magnifies. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z At nine p.m. on Friday, as he did every week, Habib dialed the number given to him by the U.S. consulate in Peshawar, where it was nine in the morning, exactly twelve hours ahead. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z I can hear Henry frantically scratching away at dials until he eventually finds the headlights. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The office phone’s red like a nuclear hotline and it’s got buttons you push, not the dial you get on normal phones. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z When he had finished dialling, he picked up his handkerchief from the desk and put it over the mouthpiece, quite loosely and mounted rather high. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z She mentally moved the alethiometer’s hands around the dial, and as she did, the screen began to flicker. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Over her shoulder, through the opening in the bulkhead, her friend watched the faintly illuminated dial on the instrument panel that showed the altitude—they weren’t losing much height. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z He picked up the phone and dialed a familiar King Hill number. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z His fingers were slick with perspiration, the dial slipping between them. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Behind the hands and the needle, an engraving of the sun in splendor occupied the center of the dial. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I dropped in more change and dialed my mom’s number again. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z When a singer came on next, uninterested listeners twirled their dial to find an alternative...and tuned to The Mercury Theatre just as the Martian emerged from the cylinder. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z I turn and turn the dial, half expecting to hear Mom singing in her deep-throated way, singing the sad words of her Beny More song. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I dial for her and then hand her the receiver. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I found his father's name in the phone book and dialed the number. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z She dials the phone and talks for a bit. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Carefully, he swiped the cracked screen, dialed the number, then put the phone on speaker so Tad could hear. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The dial, also, had grown to be less of a terror. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He was dialed into the day-to-day demands of his life, but at the same time, especially at night, his thoughts seemed to roam a much wider plane. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Let the phone ring once, hang up, then dial again, like he told me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z He turns the dial ever so slowly, watches the needle slide. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z He had dialed out the combination many times; he relied on it greatly. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z If now we dial 1 g again, we make a rain of tea. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I dialled his number and listened to his voice when he picked up, at first soft with sleep, and then louder, wary, worried, exasperated. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Watchmakers added it to paint to make watch dials glow, and doctors administered it in powdered form to treat everything from seasickness to ear infections. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I dial the number scrawled on it, and a voice answers. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z She hurries over to the radio and adjusts the dial. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The lighted dial of Dudley’s watch, which was dangling over the edge of the sofa on his fat wrist, told Harry he’d be eleven in ten minutes’ time. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I dial the first random numbers that come to my mind. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But he didn’t like the singing, so he twirled the dial through the stations, searching for a more entertaining program. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Tarpon, bonefish, redfish, snook—Dad was dialed in on all of them. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z She was dialing her cell phone at top speed, which I couldn’t figure out until she started talking into it. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The doctor placed the rubber mask over her face and turned a dial and I watched Catherine breathing deeply and rapidly. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z It was as if I’d dialed up the volume on all my senses. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z In the first place, the dial for the wild dog had only been set at six, whereas this was more than triple that. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He dialled the call on a secondary phone. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z I go into the study, a room I’ve pretty much avoided since my meeting with President Snow, and dial Peeta’s number. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I found only one number for the entire island, so that’s the one I dialed. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Mosca sat down next to it and started to fiddle with the dials. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z He dashed to the phone and dialed the number of the conservation officer for the Roxbury area. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Still Ralph dialed information, and sure enough there was a listing; Mr. Finch had not moved. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t even know how to dial Pakistan from here. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Judge, I'm not seeking appointment. I’ve told Mr. McMillian that we would—” The dial tone interrupted my first affirmative statement of the phone call. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z On the other side of the room, guys fought over the dials as Cas thought about a lie to tell. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z When we made it to my locker, I twirled the dial on the lock. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z The clock with the glowing dial stood on the small dresser. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I turned the face up, the blank dial with little wheels clicking and clicking behind it, not knowing any better. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z That research was based largely on people dialing and talking on phones, holding them to their ears. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Then I picked up the phone again and dialed directory assistance for the information number of TWA. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I’m about to start off again when I decide to use the moon and Alice’s dial to find out what time it is. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I turn the combination dial to five. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z He picked up the telephone and, dialing a single number, drew a handkerchief out of his pocket. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Joan pulled up an Indian hassock and began to dial down the long list of Cambridge doctors. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The needle began to sweep around the dial in a series of pauses and swings almost too fast to watch. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end of each newscast, the BBC announcer reminded German listeners to change the dial to avoid getting caught. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I saw her reach back and slap her hand against the knobs, twisting a dial until the smell of gas disappeared. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She repeated this to herself, over and over, then lifted the receiver to dial their number. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The thirty-six pictures around the dial were minute and clear, the three hands and the one needle were exquisitely shaped out of some silver-gray metal, and a golden sunburst surrounded the center of the dial. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z They were trained to perform a purely mechanistic job “watching meters and adjusting dials” from swivel chairs set before tall steel consoles marked only with numerals. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I had to dial about twenty numbers before I got the right one. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z My modem was sadly outdated, my free service substandard; just dialing up took so long that I decided to go get myself a bowl of cereal while I waited. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Lord Asriel sat busily moving this lever, checking that dial, adjusting that control; and then suddenly the intention craft vanished. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The movement of the hands around the dial reassured me that I was, indeed, alive and helped me measure off the minutes until my family arrived. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She’d just dialed my kill code, the one that told my computers to fry themselves and all traces of my hacking. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z At the store, Nick dialed the Dancing Trout. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The workers, who marked watch dials with luminous radium paint, customarily licked their brushes to a fine point, ingesting the radioactive substance. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I picked up the receiver and dialed 0 for operator. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I keep going until I get to the park and then I dial his number one more time. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She had wondered as she was dialing Minerva what Jaimito would do when he came home and found his wife and his pickup missing. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She imagines the radio equipment high above her: microphone, transceiver, all those dials and switches and cables. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Ron spent evening after evening using his wand to beat out various rhythms on top of the wireless while the dials whirled. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z There was a dial that showed when it left. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z He hangs on to his thoughts, swallows hard, and fidgets with the dial of the walkie-talkie. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I dialed again and glanced at my watch. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z After setting a ten-minute timer on the microwave, I lifted the phone from its cradle and dialed Thomas’s number. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Set off by lightning, wildfires reset the ecological clock, dialing the array of plants and animals back a few successional stages. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Luke has no memory of who dialed 911, but says there were men working in a nearby mill, and he suspects that one of them called immediately after Shawn fell. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Despite my immediate protests, she dials his number and, when he answers, says she has a friend in town that she wants him to meet. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z He’d turn on the radio or turn up the dial on the oven so that your dinner would be burned and he’d pinch your arm if you weren’t paying him enough attention. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He dials up the RF gain, adjusts the filter. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Slightly to the left and below the altimeter he saw a small rectangular panel with a lighted dial and two knobs. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z He tried to figure out the dials again. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z I start dialing, enter my PIN, enter my own number. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Suppose we had a magic gravity machine—a device with which we could control the Earth’s gravity, perhaps by turning a dial. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z O’Brien drew back the lever on the dial. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I hang up, go to my room, get Mom's cell phone, carry it to the den, and dial again. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I dialed the number I found on the university website. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Then he picked up the phone and dialed the number of his father’s house in that long ago. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I placed the bread in the toaster and turned the dial down to the lightest setting. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He clicked the receiver and dialed again, smiling over at the aide. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I pushed buttons and all thoughts of Colton out of my head—at least I tried to—and dialed every auto supply, hair salon, pharmacy, antique store, grocery, and diner in town. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z The phone line clicked and the dial tone sounded like an alarm in my ear. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z I pull my phone out, starting to dial. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I switch on the television, rotate the channel dial through the four channels, and settle on a serialized show called All My Children. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Under the roar of the heater, the buzz of dial tone. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “I mean, what’s to stop someone from dialing your number a million times and then playing the biggest hoax of all time on you?” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But now its screws and dials sit worn and lifeless in our laps. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z It felt the same this morning when I dialed his number, like falling through the dark, not knowing when you’re going to hit the ground. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z As a kindness we remove our friends from the domain of the gravity machine before we dial higher gravities still. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Quietly, I pulled out my phone and glanced down to dial 911. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I spin the little dial, in full jewel-thief mode, and get a little thrill when I pop the locker open. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “I have to set these watches exactly right,” Zack explains, busily twisting the watch dials to match the time on my synchronized clocks. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z A third, a desert of heat waves away, sat at a panel arrayed with coils and dials. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Nearer, a detachment of artillerymen were using hammers to smash up the dial sights and breechblocks of their guns. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “We’ll have you back in plenty of time to get to Portland,” he adds as he dials. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He came back after every class, dialing and cussing under his breath. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z A Jules Verne hi-fi, all silvery knobs and dials, occupied one corner of the solarium. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Fiona dialed up a half inch of coral lipstick from a black tube and said, “Go like this,” pushing her lips out into a pout. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I couldn’t let him take me to the police station, but I also couldn’t dial 911 to get them help. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The needle on the speedometer started to race up the dial. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Alex frantically turned the dial until he located a New York City station. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z She inserted the coins and slowly dialed the numbers, hoping he’d go away. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z With her other hand, she dialed her cell phone, then fumbled the phone and nearly dropped it. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z The number she dialed was answered on the first ring. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Helmuth twists the dial, tunes in a Nazi-approved station, then snaps off the radio and stows it back in the closet. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z After she had dialed at least ten numbers, she sank down into her chair and sat silent for a long while. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Alex walked over to the phone and was pleased to hear a dial tone. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z At home, I dialed Phoebe’s number over and over. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Father said that constant speculation regarding the position of mechanical hands on an arbitrary dial which is a symptom of mind-function. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Still holding the laser tube in his direction, she crossed the room, picked up the vidphone, dialed the operator. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Someone in the family switched it on and twirled the dial to the evening’s entertainment. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z He dialed—by memory—the number of the false-animal shop at which he had gotten his ersatz sheep. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I set down my bag on the thin bed of grass and tossed some change in the coin thing and dialed my moms. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z She carried the telephone as far down the hall as she could, and for the fourth time that day, she dialed Santa Battaglia’s number. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She finally dials her sister Felicia’s number in Havana. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Carmen bolted to the kitchen and brought back some water while I dialed my mom. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I passed them to Mother and she dialed some second cousins who promised to come collect us almost immediately, even though Mother had not spoken with them in nearly a decade. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Nick dialed M in his credit box and informed Joe that as soon as he paid up the ninety-six dollars he owed for groceries, he could have the ammo on credit. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Mac picked up the phone and dialed again. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z He picked up the phone and dialed the president. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He took the phone and dialed the number. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He felt certain that O’Brien was about to twist the dial out of sheer wantonness. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Dimple dialed home and wasn’t surprised when it went to voice mail. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He designed each story to hook the audience within minutes so that people didn’t turn the dial to another program. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z He saw a phone booth, entered it, dropped in a coin, and, his fingers shaking, dialed. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I get voice mail again, so I hang up and dial again, and again. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He quickly replaced the binder on the bookcase, shut the door, and spun the combination dial to make sure it was locked. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The radio’s dial twirled and the lights behind the tuning panel went out. 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