“I remember when we were little, you used to be the most talkative one on the phone,” I say to Pri. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And when once in a while over the long years the phone rings—he doesn’t answer. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was in her pajamas, speaking on the phone while smearing pale green cream all over her face. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“I keep thinking about how I can get to David. We’re allowed phone calls, right? I’m going to ask.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I hold up my phone so the officer can see the text message I received. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Slipping her phone into her pocket, Maddie came up to me and put her arm around mine. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Excuse me,” Mr. Poe said, and picked up the phone. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

I picked up the pencil from the hall table and uncovered the phone. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

On the line for “Emergency contact,” Pearl quickly jotted down her own mother’s name and their home phone number. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I pick up the phone and call her. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Give me your debit card, your wallet, your phone. All of it.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bull replaced the phone on the hook, smiled to himself in anticipation of the coming fracas, then bellowed for Sergeant Latito. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ask Darius as he stands across the room messing with his phone. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Why didn’t you get my phone and text her?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I walk eight more sidewalk lines, noticing city sounds more than before: the beeping of a backing-up truck, the one-sided cell phone conversations, the rattling of tires over potholes. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

But I couldn't take a chance on giving her a buzz, because she was only a little kid and she wouldn't have been up, let alone anywhere near the phone. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He sits up and reads from his phone, ‘“Vancouver, Washington, police manhandle black teen at house party.’” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I held on to the phone tighter so I wouldn’t drop it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

They retreat to their corners when the phone rings again. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Cade read my father’s check-in message, shook his head, then tossed my phone out his window, into the Arizona afternoon. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

My body tenses when my phone starts to buzz, and I see that it’s Zohra trying to FaceTime me early in the morning before Sunday school. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I reach for my cell phone in my back pocket, intending to use the little flashlight. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

On the other side of the slam, Faith was still on the phone. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I hang up the phone and turn my full attention back to the screen. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I put the nickel in the coffee can Mrs. Caconi keeps by the phone and tell the operator the number. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Well, of course I did, Grayson," he answers, still looking at the phone. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I roll my eyes and shove my phone to the bottom of my bag. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Both times a clerk listened, made a phone call, said the bill was a mistake, and told her to ignore it. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Your anger that night,” she told me on the phone, meaning the night Shawn had killed Diego, “was twice as dangerous as Shawn has ever been.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He turns on his own cell phone and now the room is illuminated by a dull glow. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they had refused him a phone call for seven days now, why would they change their policy in the future? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I took out my cell phone and pointed it at him. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He asked her name, age, school, her phone number, and address, barking his questions. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Maya said as Grace felt the phone slip out of her grasp. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Mama and Frankie had gone outside, and the black hallway phone seemed to wait for my decision. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” he then says, “have it your way, sore-sport, I’m passing the phone.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve got a dozen pics of those tulips on my phone. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I got to the phone in Mum and Dad’s bedroom with nobody noticing. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sits by her fancy swimming pool and hears only her Sony Walkman, her cordless phone, her big, important husband asking her why they have charcoal and no lighter fluid. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turns the phone to me so I can see the photo. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

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

They could not convince her to talk to me, so I had to hang up the phone. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Five minutes later I heard giggling and my phone vibrated. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

My phone starts buzzing in my back pocket, which is currently right underneath Ben’s palm. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The sleek wooden box contains the cell phone I’ve wanted practically my whole life. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The five Vanderbeeker kids were unabashedly eavesdropping on their mother’s phone conversation. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The woman pressed something on the screen of her phone, then lowered it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Shakily, he at last reached for the car phone, called in to the Hall of Justice. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

She dug her phone out of her pocket and tapped on it, her fingers shaking. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She evidently preferred to take the longish walk down the hall to her parents’ bedroom, where the more popular phone in the apartment was located. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Can we please go back? I want to call Forrest. My phone doesn’t work here.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. Kleiman was phoned, the poles were removed from the doors, the typewriter was put back in the chest. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I was planning to show Rabiya some of my favorite pictures of Zohra and me on my phone, but I change the subject. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

After a while I phoned my mother at her apartment, but there was no answer. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d imagined that a week or two after we got back to Flint we’d get a phone call from Alabama with the winner of the big batde on the other end. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without ever taking her eyes from her phone, Daisy reached into her purse, pulled out a USB cable, and handed it to me. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Outside Kensington Palace, Alex takes Henry’s phone out of his hand and swiftly opens a blank contact page before he can protest or sic a PPO on him for violating royal property. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I walk over to Margo, hand her the phone, and linger there as she sits with her shoulders hunched, listening. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Grandma put the phone back to her ear. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Clutching my mom’s phone in my left hand, I stepped out of the car. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Julia’s apartment is a lot nicer than ours, but I’m pretty sure there’s no phone in the closet. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

He put the phone back on its base and waited. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I quickly pulled the phone away from my face and stared at the numbers. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I tried to ignore the phone, tried to keep going, but when the ringing stopped, a sharp click cracked the air and a weepy voice fluttered from my father’s new answering machine. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The wedding was canceled, hundreds of phone calls made. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She then picked up her phone and called who I presumed was Craig. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Another day she’ll find herself with the phone in her hand, the other end of the line ringing, and will have no idea who she is calling or why. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She picks up the phone on the fourth ring, and I can hear her say good evening, how are you, yes I’m just fine thank you. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Finally, I give up and pull out my phone, load up my mod of Sonic the Hedgehog 2, and start a new game. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When they finally got home, Grandma had no sooner sent Ernie upstairs—with the beer bottle containing the half tooth—to lie down with a double dose of pain reliever when the phone rang. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Jamie opens his mouth, but my phone goes off next to me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t easy, especially when my phone buzzed with a text from Dad wishing me luck. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

When I returned to the kitchen she was on the phone with Mr. Spizz. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Uhmma hangs up but remains standing with her hand over the phone. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I had a feeling that maybe Dad would call me, so I didn’t mind hanging around the house all day waiting for the phone to ring. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

When I shrugged, she handed me the phone and went back to the kitchen. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

It’s late afternoon and I’m studying in the cellar when my mother summons me to the phone. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I caught Tamika up to speed, regurgitating my phone conversation with Dr. Spires about the possible food allergy. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

If we were chatting on the phone instead of over video, I wouldn’t have to be disappointed by the face she’s giving me. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

If I pull the phone away from my ear, I might miss something, I thought. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I walk back to the main street of town and set up my “office” at the pay phone near the pier, from which I secure invitations to view a few more apartments, forget the shares. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He nodded and fumbled for his cell phone. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The phone would only ring so many times. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Muhammad opens the door, talking into the house phone stuck between his ear and shoulder. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Nor could we make or receive phone calls, for the same reason. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A grin spread over Russell’s face, and he held the phone away from his ear and looked around the room. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fern phoned and got her Aunt Edith, and her Aunt Edith hollered for Uncle Homer, and Uncle Homer came in from the barn and talked to Fern. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

But after school started, after Hannah, I was a stranger with a secondhand phone and someone named Mabel had the wrong number. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t help but think she wouldn’t get in so much trouble at work if she and I had cell phones. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I picked up the phone and there was the recorded voice again, saying it was a collect call from Marcus Johnson. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Bunderson asked if he might get a copy of the phone bill. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“You have to give us a phone call.” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“I hung up. I told him I would not let you come to the phone.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was no Jazz yapping on the phone to her girlfriends, convincing them not to have crushes on her older brother—me. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

"Kids have it so easy these days. Nothing to worry about except video games and cell phones. When I was young..." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I didn’t jump on the next flight though, like someone with nothing better to do, like someone who’d been waiting for that phone call her entire life. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

One day, I remember, the phone had rung steadily with such callers as C.B.S., The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Muhammad bursts in as I’m fingering the wood veneer on them, his phone in the air. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She was the one who could pick up the phone at any moment and ask that either one of us be taken away. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“That’s cool. Be careful with the phone, okay? Just keep it in your locker.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I had a dime in my purse and found the pay phone in the corner. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pixel managed to get the phone out, prop it on the edge of one of the boxes beneath her chin, and press the answer button with her nose. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t have a cell phone, I’d never texted. He might as well have been talking about nuclear physics.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I show Imani a new game I found on my phone. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

At West Virginia University, students cried in each other’s arms, phoned their parents to say good-bye forever, and hid in the dormitory basement. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

But I hear it all as I sit in the corner and snap photos with my phone to pass the time. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I even put a special notification ringtone on my phone that sounded like birds chirping. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

"If you can hear me”—I remembered a Children's Film Foundation film where this happened—"tap the phone, once.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I grab my phone to check if I missed a photo on Charlise’s instagram. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Oh,” she said when I put it by the phone, “what a thoughtful son I’ve raised!” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

When it’s time for Sam to go home, she takes her cell phone out and calls her grandfather to let him know she’s on her way. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Brian had no further information, and returned to the phone to try to find out what happened. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I turn my phone camera lens toward me and see that Ruby’s right. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She hung up the phone and pretended that she was. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He had looked uncomfortable when Rashid had talked to him in the hospital after the bombing and when Rashid had asked for his phone number. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Mr. Pepperhorn was now on the phone with someone as he looked out the window. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

You can get my mom on her cell phone. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drop the spoon and push more phone buttons. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

After that letter, she doesn’t want to even touch her phone. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It didn’t take long for her to get back, of course, fifteen seconds, about as much time as she would need to pull over and grab her phone. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Still, she finished repeating the Western Union numbers before she continued braiding, the phone lodged between her shoulder and ear. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

As soon as the phone went dead, the cloud of depression began to creep over me again. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I was debating whether to follow up on this when I heard the phone ringing inside the cell used by R-and-W officers as an office. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

While he struggled to get upright, Diana checked the urge to kick him and instead felt her side pocket for her phone. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

While I do this, I hear Noelle's voice in my head—the last thing she said to me on the phone. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Bridge passed the sports clubs, where she saw Em sitting on the floor, looking at her phone, surrounded by girls in yellow sweatshirts looking at their phones. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He was fuming when he got off the phone with her. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you really want to get away from stress, I thought, why not turn off the phones, read a book, go swimming? How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He was on the phone a while, talking in a muffled voice. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I make my way back to the bus stop, then use a nearby phone booth to call a cab. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

After taking 4 photos with her cell phone, she drives me to Windy’s. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was late at night before she returned home, and the phone was ringing as she walked in the door. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

That meant he was calling—or someone was calling from his phone. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He brought out his phone and quickly sent Ifemelu a text: Please talk to me. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I go only as far as the stairs, where I sit down and, by the light of my phone, read two chapters of Wuthering Heights. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

My phone vibrates against my thigh, waking me up. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He mentioned that there was a working phone on Claiborne, and this was a godsend to Nasser. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Your phone and your music and your favorite books. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He has added the names and phone numbers of scouts and alumni boosters from the three Florida schools—people like Mr. Donnelly and Larry and Frank. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know most people my age are all about the texts, but as someone without a cell phone, I have to take what I can get. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He could never remember a phone number, but he never forgot a face. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tad rolled over and reached for his phone. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Finally, we heard the phone being slammed down. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her phone beeped, and she fished it out of her bag and looked at the screen. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Dad phoned the police and told them how we’d found him. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

That winter I spent many hours on the phone with him and Stefanie, who became a sister to me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She’d definitely see through the fairy magic enveloping me, and I have absolutely no plans to update her, so I let the phone ring. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Granny saw me looking at the phone and said, “Place no calls, Louisiana!” Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He made some phone calls, sent some faxes, memorized some online maps of neighborhoods and subways—but mostly he browsed on the Net. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me talk to him,” John demanded, taking the phone right out of my hand. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

I looked in the Web-site history for the site Chubs had talked about, the one that let you make calls, and typed in the phone number. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

His father leaned against the doorjamb to the living room, the phone cradled on his shoulder. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He quickly pulls the phone down and taps to delete the message he just listened to. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

There was no Mia Warren in the records, the woman on the phone insisted. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I make the mistake of leaning forward and looking at his phone. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He set his phone on top of a side table, then turned slowly to face the kids. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He fiddled around on his phone for a second and then spoke into it. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Every time the phone rang, I prayed it would be Faith, feared it would be Fang—bawling, rope in hand—but it never was; it was Astelle, always Astelle. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

That night, she hears him outside the RV, talking to Gina on the phone. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

And the girls were still checking the reflection of their feces in their cell phone screens, powdering their cheeks, and buttering their lips. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Idly, he picks up the phone and looks at the screen. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the adults drank coffee, Mr. Rubin took a phone call and excused himself from the table. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He walks away as if he’s invisible and we aren’t surrounded by teachers and faculty, including Principal Wertz, braying into his phone. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I took a break from homework to check my phone for new texts later that evening and nearly jumped out of my skin. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lowered the phone into the cradle and stared at it for a long time. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She hung up the phone, then retreated to the bedroom without acknowledging any of us. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Still, every time the phone rings, I jump a little. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

But it was probably the fact that motel management phoned the police that led to our being called on the carpet in the chapel the next morning before the ceremony. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew she couldn’t come up to my apartment to see me for the same reason I couldn’t call her on the phone anymore, even if I wanted to all the time. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

When it’s our turn, the phone man agrees to charge and set up the phone in return for water-purifying tablets from Baba’s pharmacy back home. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

While Lorena fiddles with her phone and begins playing her horribly sexist rap songs, I walk over to the altar her mom has set up in the corner of the living room. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I check my phone for the fourth time since we got in the car. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Will copied down the address and phone number, and since it was safe to admit he didn’t know Oxford, asked where to find it. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He leaves it near the phone in case Mama wants to get in touch with him.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if you want to talk, please call our cell phone number. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I've had a phone call—a lead I need to follow up on—so maybe you kids can get some rest out here in the courtyard." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

She looks a whole lot like the way Coach West was looking when she got that message on her phone. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I dropped the phone, ran to the toilet, and vomited. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Seven held her phone close to her chest and waited. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I keep looking at my phone because I don't want the time to sneak up on me. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

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

By the time I settled on a plain glazed, Calista was behind the counter, showing him pictures of her “work in progress” on her phone. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at the clock on her phone as she went back to the yearbook room, trying to decide what to do. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I check my phone for more texts from her, but there’s nothing. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

On the seventh ring, the phone was answered. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Joaquin has photos from that trip still saved on his phone, and he shows them, especially the one where Linda’s screaming bloody murder. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Everyone’s had their radios on. My mother can’t move away from ours. She sits there and listens to everything and talks on the phone to people.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Instead I pick up the phone in the hallway, sit on the bottom stair and listen, the handset in my hand, waiting for the right moment. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The particular program she was in required her to stay off the phone and offline, but she was encouraged to write, and we’d exchanged a dozen or so letters. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

That afternoon, the phone rang on David Shorer's desk at the US embassy in Rome. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Shoot, I’m just glad I can watch TV and talk on the phone again. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Julia snaps pictures of me and Isabella, and then Isabella pulls out her phone and takes more. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I dove after her, remembering to kick off my sandals but not to leave my phone. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aimee held the phone in her hand, sitting up in bed, and listened to the ringing. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I put my phone, headphones, and backpack into the gray bin before walking through the metal detector. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mom walks him out, and before she can return to cross-examine me, I’ve escaped to my room with my cell phone. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Except I can at least get my mother on the phone. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

She slid her mother’s cell phone through her curtain-like waterfall of hair, studied it silently, and then announced in a bored voice, “It’s from those kids’ mom.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Instead I walked down the hall to hang out with Max before the bell rang, listening to him go on and on about that phone game he was playing with Jared. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Several held up phone cameras, trying to get a shot over the heads of the others. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Hannah sits scrolling through her phone, with her lips sealed but smiling. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Dad called in to me and said that I should pick up the phone. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I tell her I have to go, that my mom needs the phone. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

His phone lit up in front of him. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Figures,” Maya said, tucking her phone back into her pocket without answering him. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“I need to make a phone call first,” I said. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

On those phone calls, my limited vocabulary probably made me sound just like a teenage Siri. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Sometime soon wouldn’t send you out after ten at night to phone. What’s the rush?” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

That there might still be a tap on the window or his voice on the phone. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

When I entered the blockhouse, the speaker to the phone squawked, startling me. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She explained that when she’d called earlier that day, someone else had answered the phone. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

When I get up to go to the bathroom, I hear her downstairs, talking on the phone in low tones, probably to Dad, who left early for work. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Why did he even have them on his phone to begin with? Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Then it was somebody using your name and phone number,” the man said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Heading to a neighboring camper or the campground offices to ask for a phone to use seems a little extreme—this isn’t exactly life-or-death. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

With a growing feeling of disgust at the prospect, I waited for the phone to ring, for Holmes or some other sergeant to give me the bad news. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you have your phone cable as well?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s nineteen hours and four minutes away,” I said into the cell phone. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

She clicks her phone screen to black and turns it over and over in her hands. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He nodded and got back on the phone. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The phone was ringing when he stepped out of the bathroom. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He was about to get off the phone with Ahmad when he heard Nasser’s voice from the porch. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“If that Mr. Levy calls, don’t answer the phone. I’m gonna take care of you.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Though my phone only has twenty percent battery left.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I tilted the phone so they could hear. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

My phone vibrates with a new text from Serenity. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“There are a couple of bookshelves, and then I have to go through the desk drawers and stuff. I’m sticking the phone in my pocket, but I’ll leave it on so you can hear me.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

There are a couple comments from Aimee, begging him to pick up his phone. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe cell phone towers are out because they have no power. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay, Grandma! I know how to make ramen with an egg. And I can make us grilled cheese sandwiches. But best of all, I can order food on my phone!” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The lady behind the desk asked whoever was on the other end of the phone about my father, and wondered if there was any word. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Eric nearly collapsed, and Jesse mustered all his well- honed phone skills with the telephone company, talking his way past the first rank to a supervisor, then claiming he was misled. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad whispered to Momma, “Why does she think she’s got to yell into the phone for a long-distance call?” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom finishes speaking to whoever she called and hangs up the phone. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

When I pick up the phone, there’s no dial tone. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She shoved her phone into her pocket and listened, squinting through the backstage gloom at the heavy red velvet curtain. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

As I listened to the phone ring for about the thirtieth time, suddenly it occurred to me: why not just run up to North Hampden and get it? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Phoebe waited until her father was asleep, and then she phoned me. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

She says good-bye and gives the phone back to her grandfather. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I let my phone drop to the floor and curl up under the duvet on my bed. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He was tempted to pull out his phone to scroll through his texts again, but he didn’t want to risk Mrs. Torrance’s ire. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

My relationship with Eric was warm, but he always seemed a little uneasy on the phone and his e-mail messages were occasional and spare. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

From his pocket, Jack pulls out his phone. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I wish I could call him, but their only phone is his dad’s cell. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

When the phone finally dies, I start pacing. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

A tangible surprise that doesn’t eat up gigs on my phone. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Why couldn’t my dad, whoever he was, make a phone appear? The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not positive, but I think he probably got the message, too, because after his last, troubling phone call, he pulled a Lance Winters and quit on me altogether. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I have my old cracked phone out, my hack allowing me to track down the other Phoenix Riders without being subjected to the new NeuroLink algorithm. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Our group chat started when we all got phones last year. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

And in the evening on Monday Father got a phone call from a lady whose cellar had flooded and he had to go out and fix it in an emergency. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I tapped my finger on the number so my phone would start calling and then quickly put it to my ear before I could change my mind. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He sits on Mom’s bed to read his phone. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

When I’m in town, I invariably sit talking by the hour with my old friend Yama, the God of Death, and a private phone’s a must for our little chats. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Ja, Papa,” she says, then hands the phone over to her sister. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

She licks a glob of guacamole off the screen of her phone. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

On the day after Christmas, Smith and Howard talked over the phone. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fifteen minutes of that, and I'm ready to scream and yank the phone out of the wall. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I press send and shove the phone into my pocket. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

A woman held her phone close to his face as she said: "Can you tell us your name? Are you a student? What are you studying at Bakersfield College?" Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Panicked students in Georgia and North Carolina rushed to phones to call home. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Grace waited to look at her phone until she was back in the car, the doors locked and the windows rolled up. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

June grabbed her phone and tapped the screen a couple of times before holding it out to Ivy. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Our rooms had no phone lines, but my parents had requested I be placed in a room near one of Culver Creek’s five pay phones. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The first time he called, he told me he was using his wife’s phone because his own phone had been bugged by the intelligence services. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

A phone call from New York truly sounded as crackly as a thousand miles away ought to. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When it got close to the time that Marcus would call, I went into Grandma’s living room, grabbed the phone, and practiced pressing the 1 button. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

My fingers are trembling as I press the numbers, and even more when her cell phone starts to ring. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“What’s Adrian’s band called again?” she asks The Taker one night when he phones. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I stuff the phone into my pocket as casually as I can. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He tries to sound calm and whole over the phone when they talk, but he doesn’t think it’s convincing. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But after she puts the phone down, my mother comes into the room. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

For the next forty-eight hours, all the WEC members we could round up worked frantically, putting the names, addresses and phone numbers of all thirty thousand registered voters in Little Rock onto note cards. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The navigation app on her phone directed her to turn onto the interstate. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t say much to the cops, but I did manage to give them my parents’ names and phone numbers. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I watched the hands move slowly past the letters, paged Sonny every few minutes, and waited for the phone to ring. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Sister Betty, generally friendly enough on the phone with me, sometimes would exclaim in spontaneous indignation, “The man never gets any sleep!” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because there was smoke and her ankle throbbed and she was trapped on the third floor of a bombed building and whatever phone call Dad made to the mayor’s office wasn’t going to help. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I was thirty-seven, more efficient than in college, tied to computers and modems and cell phones. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thought you forgot to phone me,” she said when she answered. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I went inside, where a woman on the phone smiled and raised her hand to tell me she’d just be a second. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

After I got off the phone, I stripped down to T-shirt and boxers, emptied my garbage can into a drawer, and put the can next to the bed. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

My phone buzzes on the floor, and Sonny’s smiling face appears on my screen. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She reached for her phone and sent Wambui a text: I hate my hair. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Or his cell phone could fall out of his pocket and shatter into a million pieces. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Annabelle listens to his serious breathing on the other end of the phone. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The twins weren’t like Henry; if they were home, they would generally answer the phone. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Calling the pay phone required a great deal of patience. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Captain Black seated himself with a loud yawn, lifted his feet to the top of his desk and phoned Colonel Korn. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I stood there baffled while Ema moved around the tombstone, using the light from her cell phone to see. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Last week, Mama told me I wasn't allowed to answer the phone anymore, even if I was home alone. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The phone rang at four o’clock in the morning, startling Fadi out of his sleep. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

In his left hand was a cell phone, which struck Taylor as odd, but she tried to keep her focus. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I hung up the phone and stood still for a minute, trying to calm myself. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She let the phone ring, willing it to stop, to be interrupted by her husband’s voice. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how to respond, but before I even think of something, my phone rings. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“You know, Mary didn’t pack the new clothes she bought to take with her on the trip. And poor Mrs. Dalton’s been pacing the floor and phoning Mary’s friends all day.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I answer the phone and barely get hello out. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

In those days, an operator came on the line automatically whenever a phone came off the hook. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

All held cell phones to their ears or extended in front of them while they tapped at some app or another. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Right on time, my laptop pings and Poe’s picture pops up, the green phone symbol appearing on my screen. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

My mother chose a picture of Pweto sunbathing as her cell phone wallpaper. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Jessie held the phone in her hand and watched lightning flashes light up the distant hills. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sure,” I say, just as her phone rings. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Baba pulls his phone out of his pocket and checks it. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

My cell phone rang as soon as I stepped outside. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Sergeant Simpson looked at Gearhart when he put down the phone. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks again for the new phone, Ma,” I told her. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I plunge into the darkness...and immediately scream and drop my phone as a group of bats whirl into a frenzy near the ceiling as soon as the light shines on them. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Sprinkled throughout, students play games on their phones. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The way she hangs up the phone from Jon and asks, “Mind if I sit here?” like she has a problem sitting on the sofa, like she wishes there was something else to sit on. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then she put her phone away, trying not to wait for a reply. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She peered intently down at her phone, then back up. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Chess double-checked to make sure he had the phone in his own hand set to mute any noise he, Emma, or Finn might make. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

"Seriously, Park. I'm never going to forget your phone number." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She slid her phone back into her pocket and turned around to me, squinting into the sunlight. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

One of the best memories Toby had was hearing his dad—drunk, Toby now knew—softly singing to his mother over the phone. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

When they are apart, they speak by phone every night, at eight o’clock. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then he picked up the car phone and dialed Leon Longbridge. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

A search through the directory turned up nothing, and I was empty-handed until I visited the town library in Suffolk and a librarian handed me a slip of paper with a phone number on it. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put down the phone and called for him. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Jule kept up a steady stream of chatter until Brooke was in the car, but as soon as the cab pulled away, Immie’s phone pinged in her pocket. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I rub my face and tug my phone out of the charger. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She gave Beatrice her cell phone number and promised to be reachable. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I’d made the same kind of exploratory phone calls on his behalf, hoping for a more encouraging response, but didn’t get one. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A pleasure,” Hideo says, and my phone trembles in my grip. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She didn’t answer for a few seconds, and I thought maybe she didn’t hear me, but it was just the phone lag. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I said that I hadn’t seen her and he went downstairs and started making some phone calls. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was standing near the back corner of the Dumas house when he began to shout into the phone. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Brian called people on the phone and my dad sent e-mails. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I take a picture of Sarah with my phone. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The woman shook her head, closed up the phone book and put it away. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shout to the driver, but he’s checking his phone. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

For a long time, Ifemelu stared at the silent phone, shaken. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And in the days and weeks that followed, hundreds of angry and threatening phone calls were made to the tribe. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Needless to say, I was overjoyed when I saw a pay phone next to a wooden bench near the student drop-off area. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She puts the phone and her purse down near the sink. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Emmett fumbles with the phone then, and suddenly, inside and out, the space is filled with George’s voice. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The phone rings as I’m panting from a therapy session with Fiona. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

AT eleven o’clock the next morning, the phone rings. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I take my phone and show her pictures of the trailer bed all cleaned up. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“Let’s leave our phones in the trunk,” she said. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

When he called and I heard his voice over the phone I would get this nauseous feeling all over my body. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

When he came out of his room, he heard his mother talking to his father on the phone. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Costello has been getting a lot of phone calls about a lot of different things. There’s the termite problem. And there have been break-ins over on his side of the development.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Habib hurtled into the living room and picked up the phone. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Three rings and Daniel Rose picks up the phone. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I was back there too, setting up Angela’s phone camera inside the pastry case. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He turned it over and showed me it had a phone number on the other side. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“There better not be any blood on the phone.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

As scientists, Mom and Dad have a scientific solution: power down my phone at night. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I’ve collected phones one hundred and twenty-seven times since school started. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

After he clicked, his mobile phone rang with its James Bond theme tune. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nana’s cell phone rings at 6:42, as we are cleaning up from dinner. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

This is why I never write you from my phone. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

And she holds out her hand for the phone. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Anyway, I went over to the phone and gave her a buzz. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

It did not include texting or talking on the cell phone in its definition of media use. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The whole time I’m fiddling with it, I can hear the phone ringing inside. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The apartment is barely heated, minuscule, at the top of six steep flights of stairs, with a bathroom the size of a phone booth. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Talking back in school. Carrying a cell phone. Refusing to go to the office.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Times, on Prime Time Live, and won a lot of awards, and every other minute there was a phone call. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He pulled out his phone and tapped around a bit, and then a screeching wave of sound, complete with a screaming, gravelly voice, filled the room from speakers above. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

There was this stout man with a handlebar mustache who was getting off the phone with 911. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The phone rang and she talked for a few moments before covering the mouthpiece to say, "I couldn't find any boxes or anything, so just...you know." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“People were bothering me at school, so I was staying on their couch before we came down here. I’ve heard her talking on the phone.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

My mom checked her phone a few times and then called my dad. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

As we waited for our food, my mom pulled out a cell phone box and passed it to me. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Yo, what’s the most you ever got”—he paused—“on Temple Run?” he asked without looking up, his fingers flying across the screen of his phone. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mama asked, setting her phone on the bedside table. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

To confirm the story, some phoned their local newspapers, radio stations, or the police. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

So I pulled out my phone, made a sharp left, and started texting Ocean to meet me elsewhere. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I wake up to a dark, stormy day outside and Hideo’s message on my phone. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Erin asked without looking away from her phone. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I wish I could crush the phone in my hand until it becomes dust. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

There was a phone with a dial in the room. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

And then I told her about Liz, and our final phone call. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a real phone booth, but a kind of cubicle hung up on the wall, with an open shelf underneath to hold the directory. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She keeps the cell phone numbers of dozens of students in her own phone, a practice discouraged by the administration. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

That good feeling lasted only a few minutes, and then our phone started ringing. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The lion ring Ishtar had given me sat in a tray along with my house keys and the broken pieces of my phone. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry I didn’t get video or anything. My phone is acting weird. I was trying to post it to Snapchat, but I can’t seem to open any apps.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“My phone is fine as it is,” he said. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Alex,” he says, catching up and wagging his phone at me. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He said that if I needed anything I should call him on his mobile phone. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I turn on my phone cam and step behind him. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Mom spends a lot of time arguing on the phone with Dad. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“We understand, sweetheart,” Mrs. Klauson would tell me over the phone. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Erin held up an orange beach pail three-quarters filled with brightly colored phones and keys. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

There was a long, terrible silence at the other end of the phone, and then his father hung up the receiver. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He called out of the blue. All I did was answer the phone.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Twice Ralph called Ti Fifi on his cell phone to report that the ambulance had broken down—the engine tended to overheat when there wasn’t enough motor oil. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

When Mrs. Torrance nodded, she added, “My new cell phone, since my old one doesn’t work at all. Who else had a broken phone after Friday?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The mermaids had written their phone numbers in waterproof ink on Hazel’s arm so that she could keep in touch. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“That phone in your back pocket,” Gully said. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

It made no sense, he knew, to sit by a phone that hardly ever worked, waiting for a phone call that wasn’t going to be made, from a mother who was almost certainly long dead. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I don’t recognize the number when my phone rings. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I plug it in on my side of the bed, phone and charger hidden behind the bedside table. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Might as well call my moms next Sunday when it’s phone day and actually talk to her. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Just as he would look up his family in the phone directory. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

But over the next few months, I completely gutted my laptop and phone, stayed off-line and out of sight, kept the lowest profile I could. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Well talk in the car,” one of them had said earlier over the phone. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He didn’t feel his cell phone shoot out of his shirt pocket, didn’t hear it smash on the concrete and skitter in pieces into the gutter. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

And not twenty minutes later, the phone rang: a reporter at one of the local TV stations had heard about our story and wanted to know more. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Dad ordered everybody out who could get out and then slammed the phone down and ran to the basement. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I held the phone out at arm’s length. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have to go,” she said, and then she was grabbing her phone and running out the front door, down the grass and their driveway. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

One afternoon, as I sat at my mothers desk, filling out and stamping paperwork, my cell phone rang. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I talk to Ronan on the phone and tell him I'm okay. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun watched, dismayed, as it rose four, five, six feet in the house—above the electrical box, the phone box. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I was watching the war on TV, so across the hallway I heard her phone up the landscapers. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I switched the phone from one ear to the other. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I really, really want to get off the phone. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Maybe he says it over the phone or it’s possible we're already together when he gets the idea. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

As I stood outside and waited, I could hear my phone ringing. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Audrey smoothed her hands over her white shirt, then patted the back pocket of her pink shorts to check for her phone. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

When she left home, only the wealthy had cell phones, all the numbers started with 090, and girls wanted to date 090 men. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know who it was that told me, but if you give me twenty dollars, you can go over to that phone booth and they said you would be taken care of.” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“I wasn’t avoiding you guys. I was grounded. I don’t have my phone.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t answer since I wasn’t sure if they even knew the phone number of where we were staying. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

In my mind was a picture of the dentists white wall phone. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

He found a desk and a phone with a direct line to the American military headquarters in Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Every time the phone rang, someone wanted a statement. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

So I grab my cell phone, plug in my earbuds, and head upstairs to the roof. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

There’s a combination of girl sounds from the back seat, disgust and triumph, and Nora plugs her phone in, swearing she’s developed some kind of foolproof algorithm for the perfect road trip playlist. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

In a minute I called her on the phone. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

As she squeezed me tight, the phone rang. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

They sold buttons, flags, banners, and sashes, and they solicited funds by writing letters and making phone calls. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“We just got off the phone with Rabbi Gold,” Mom supplies, pushing my bar mitzvah folder into my arms. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

She picks up her phone, tempted to call Victor. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Everyone laughs and Mya pulls out her phone and a selfie stick, holding her arm out to take a group photo. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He was running the water and I was on my way out when the phone rang. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The phone rings, and as Claire walks behind the counter to answer it, suddenly—like it was all planned—the woman drops the clipboard and runs out the front door. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell he was keen to get oil the phone. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He really didn't want to give up his phone. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

They could not consider the human scalp an appropriate palette for self-expression, could not own a rainbow-striped flag, and could not say they had "discovered" any shop or restaurant currently listed in the phone book. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

When I shuffled into the hallway, I heard Nan on the phone. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I slide the phone back into the backpack. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“We have received a phone call from the Justice Department to stop publishing,” an editor told him. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Good-bye, Chicago, and all your glorious cable TV, internet, and cell phone service. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Palmer considered phoning Henry to ask him directly, but that felt risky. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I went into the kitchen and looked at the phone numbers on the wall, next to a framed picture of Mom and me. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

"I dropped your bag, but the police officer picked it up. I wanted to give it back to you. Your phone's in there." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I was still staring out my window, thinking about the Polish widow, when the phone started ringing. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I answered phones and made plasticene overheads and picked up dry cleaning and kids from day care. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bram sticks his phone in his pocket and leans back on his hands, and I feel this wave of unexpected shyness. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She kept her phone number unlisted and turned down most offers to speak. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

On his way across town, with the helicopters fluttering like torn bits of paper in the sky, he phoned the alarm at a lonely phone booth outside a store that was closed for the night. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wish they allowed cell phones,” I said. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I plunge forward nonetheless, taking a water bottle and a phone with me, and leaving everything else in the car. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I do the same, and we touch them and smile, and she says, “Don’t forget to phone home, yeah?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She sets her phone down—thank God—faces her computer, and mutters, “Friggin’ patriarchy, I swear.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He drew his phone and shot a video of himself. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t answer his phone last night, he’s not been answering it all day. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For your information,” she said, “I didn’t say I was going to phone Philly Byrnes’ psychoanalyst, I said I was thinking about it. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

We all squeezed into the phone booth with our bags from Ming’s. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t matter to me as long as the chief isn’t getting any more phone calls from Councilman Bruce Grandy. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been trying to get hold of you since Monday,” Tom says when he answers the phone. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Had they done something to all their phones? Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mrs. F looks at the phone in her hand. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Tad looked at Rashid with wide eyes, then back down at the phone display. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The phone began ringing, today as always, before their feet hit the floor. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

A school bus is an office with all the phones ringing. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

It was just the first of many hate-filled letters and phone calls he would soon receive. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“It’s kind of a long story. I’ll have to explain in person. It’s too complicated to tell you over the phone.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I slide my phone under the covers, hoping to hide the glow. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I just told him that me and Janine exchanged phone numbers. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Technicians could even pick up telephone conversations between US government limousines' car phones and offices in the State Department and the Pentagon. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

While the other girls press Lara for more clues, I lie back on my pillow, pull out my cell phone, and plug in my earbuds. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

We had many long conversations, and over the phone we got to know each other again. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go inside to the information desk and wait until the woman there is off the phone. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She became real close to him over the phone and as time went by, they fell in love. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He helped Federal Express develop its package tracking and tracing system, then moved over to McCaw Cellular, the mobile phone company, built that up, and oversaw its merger with AT&T in 1994. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

I stared at my phone for a second. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I put it next to my headboard, and it serves as a night table for my phone and lamp. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

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

He sounded as if he’d been up for hours, just sitting by the phone and hoping, hoping, hoping it would ring. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The adults looked out the window or studied their phones. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Just as I stepped off the porch, the phone inside rang. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He’s waving his phone up and down excitedly. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

In the evenings she reads while Etienne makes phone calls, petitions repatriation authorities, and writes letters. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Sorry, Mom. My phone was on silent. The school is on lockdown.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

As soon as the phone rang I shouted out, “Tell her I’ll be down in a minute. I have to brush my teeth.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I gave her my email address and phone number before thanking her and ending the call. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, I mean did you ever phone her up or anything? I mean didn’t you ever phone her up or anything?” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I just waited, hoping the conversation wouldn’t end here and that the phone would buzz one more time. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I jerk myself away from Jake and wrap my arms around David’s neck and whisper, “Your phone. Instagram. Now.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It was a release to be paged for a phone call. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, correspondents filed their reports by voice or fax via satellite phone, and those reports were typed into computers for dissemination on the Web by editors in New York, Boston, and Seattle. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I yell for Sweets to get off the phone. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

You will get married and have kids and responsibilities that make it hard to talk on the phone daily or see each other very often. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I called Charles on the pay phone, but the hospital switchboard wouldn’t put me through: it was past visiting hours, she said, everyone was sleeping. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I was that dude walking down the street holding a giant phone to my ear with the aerial fully extended, talking to my friend. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I find his phone tucked into one of the boots, but it’s completely dead. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I reach over to wake up Mateo, but my hand finds no one in all this darkness, just my phone, which I pocket. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She brushed by me and threw open Dad’s door, raised the window in his room, and tore the remaining black phone from the wall and threw it out too. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I check to make sure my phone is turned off. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

When I got home after the movie, Aunt Megan was on the phone with Mom again. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

After the last mysterious phone call, Milton had waited for another. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I’m going to call it on the way home, from a pay phone. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But that would mean they don’t want us to be able to use our phones to call for help. They wouldn’t do that,” said the new girl Diana had almost forgotten about. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She pulled out her phone and dialed up Bennie as she headed downstairs. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

For a second, Scoob sits frozen, the phone attached to his face as if glued there. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Mr. Smiley got on his phone to notify the neighbors, and soon enough a crowd of happy friends arrived at the Vanderbeekers’ doorstep to celebrate. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She pulled out a thin phone book from underneath the counter there. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even as the phone is ringing, I already know it is Hilly on the end of that line. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When Ivy called June earlier, June’s voice had sounded small and tired on the phone. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Chief paused to stare at one of his ringing cell phones—four were placed on the table next to him—and then ignored it and leaned back on the sofa. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Although he hadn’t seen Bobby in thirty-two years, Saemi phoned some political and business leaders and several from the chess community who he thought might be able to help Bobby. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Mr. Richardson’s cell phone—a cell phone!—would ring and he would extend the antenna as he stepped out into the hallway. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I never wear a watch, but I pull my phone out again and again and again to check the time. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I heard a sniffle behind me—from cold or grief, I didn’t know—and told my parents, “Someone’s waiting for the phone. I gotta go.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

But the only phone in his small southern Honduran town, which belongs to an agricultural cooperative, had been disconnected. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Don’t forget your phone,” Kathy said, eyeing it on the microwave. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Then I stare at the screen of my phone for five minutes straight, smiling harder than I ever have in my life. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

There was a peculiar silence at the other end of the phone. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The next morning, Parker was awakened by the phone ringing on his nightstand. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Grandma gave him a cold stare, but relented, saying, “Hold on, son,” and passing Grandpop the phone. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“When using your Sprint PCS phone in the car, focus on driving, not talking, and use your handsfree kit,” the document read. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I stared at the numbers and messages scrawled on the wall by the phone. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I’m not as worried about my phone because my mom bought this super-protector so the screen wouldn’t break if I dropped it. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Already Vonetta and Fern began puppy yelping in the background and grabbing at the phone. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The night my father phoned I went to the cabinet where he kept the whiskey and nuts and took out a bottle for their arrival. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull out my phone and scroll through the numbers until I get to Kim’s number, which I put into my phone under the name Pizza in case anyone found it. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Sweets been on the phone for a half hour already. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

It’s dark and we’re on a back road now, with no streetlights at all, but I borrowed Katie’s phone so I can see. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

His mother had answered the phone and was very impressed when she realized who she was talking to. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The silence on the phone indicated Emile’s appreciation of Archie’s genius. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dig my phone out of my pocket. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She was on the phone with her dad, who was in London for a business deal. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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 picked up the phone and punched in Sookie’s number, wrapping the cape over my shoulders again. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

When they finished, she placed a phone call to activate a network of distributors already in place. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I mean, originally it was so we’d always know where each other was, or be able to find a phone if any of us lost one. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

My heart seizes, and my eyes go to my phone, still lying on the couch. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Writing in my journal and checking my phone. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Unless you’re talking to your sister on the phone, make it going to, got to, want to, and so on. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You said you needed a messenger,” Barry hissed into his cell phone, wincing when it brushed the gauze taped over his split cheek. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

A few days later I was at work at the glass factory and the foreman, a German man, came over to me and told me I had a phone call. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It has been an exhausting day, and she needs to get her rest for tomorrow, but Malcolm keeps asking her questions from the other bed and filming her on his phone. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

In the dark, he hands her the phone, and after a moment’s hesitation, he gets out of bed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

We stepped out to find dozens of cell phones hoisted in our direction as we were engulfed by a chorus of cheers. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“I haven’t seen you on the phone with her all week.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Dicey thanked the voice and hung up the phone. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

My brother said recently on the phone that if he makes it to the pros, I don’t have to worry about my college money at all. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

A few days later, Boghetti phoned Marian in Philadelphia to tell her that she had been chosen as one of sixteen semifinalists. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Singleton: “I’m asking if cell phone records show the crash happened at that time—” Phill: “Objection. No foundation. Don’t answer this question.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He glanced over at Lily, still interested only in her phone. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,” she read, and got on the phone. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Well, do you know where we could find a phone?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Make this conversation brief, honey,” Grandma said as she handed me the phone. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shrugs, gestures at her phone, and then points at the clock on the cars dashboard. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He had the sheriff’s office on the phone—the Garden City sheriff—and he was telling him that there was ‘something radically wrong over at the Clutter place.’ In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I handled my phone messages, started thinking seriously about what I’d do the moment I got out—would I buy a cup of coffee? It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Wish I had a phone so we could look up the instructions,” I mutter. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Armpit sighed as he set the phone back in its cradle. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

There’s a clattering sound on the other side of the phone, like a fork being dropped on a plate. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She hung around for a while, making small talk, until the phone rang in the kitchen. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s Nia,” Aaron said, leaping to the closed-circuit phone in his kitchen, which was full of grapefruits and dark wood cabinets. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Right,” the female voice on the phone said, sounding suspicious. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Annabelle actually has to hold the phone away from her ear. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The group met for over five months in formal meetings, and there was much correspondence and phone exchanges between them as they began lobbying the Icelandic government to consider Fischer’s case. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled out his phone and texted his secretary. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He sits at his desk and talks to buddies on the phone. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

On that July morning, her weekend bag already packed for Massachusetts, she was making scrambled eggs when the phone rang. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Her phone was nearly out of battery and she didn’t know if she could call a cab from this part of the island. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

A handful of people reach into their pockets or bags and tap on the screen of a cell phone. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Brit-Brat's craziness reminded me so much of Cotton's, jumping around, clapping, telling me to make sure I'm getting good angles with the phone. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

That all of a sudden they would never talk to Nancy on the phone again. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I’ve always thought that was such an intimate thing to do: touching the screen of another person’s phone. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Because that phone is video evidence that we found the treasure first. That Mrs. Malvolio and her uncle stole it from us.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed a bag of chips, reached into my bag to grab my cell phone, a random lady tripped over me, and the next thing I know I was getting pressed out by the officer. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Terryl noticed that, while she was testifying and even before it, the committee members had seemed to be only half listening; a couple, she noticed, were even texting, playing with their phones. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

At last he found what he was looking for: the walkie-talkie he shared with Jimmy L. The walkie-talkies were very useful since neither his nor Jimmy L’s parents let them have cell phones. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what to do when my phone vibrated. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I mean, I couldn’t even wait to check it on my phone in the parking lot. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

We don't know the phone number, but with Patti's help, I search using the name of the school. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. You want to believe but it’s hard,” Mtisha’s voice was soft on the phone. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

And as the strike continued—the first day, the second day, the third day—there were worried phone calls and rumors that this could go on for months. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mom answered and put him on the phone. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I stuck out my tongue when she took my picture with one of the display phones. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

There had been a phone hotline tip that Mark had headed up the mountain from Paradise. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I shake my head and fish my phone out of my backpack. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

There, she had electricity, cell phone reception, and, most important, air-conditioning. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Manny had one hand on a support beam, the other cupped around the phone earpiece he always had in. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“I heard that too—there are even some phone videos that people uploaded. Very blurry from all the smoke. Can’t see much of anything.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Bridge walked to the end of the line, realizing as she got closer that Sherm was standing there with his phone, scrolling with a thumb. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I was distracted then by the sound of a phone ringing. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I need to talk to you about the phone calls.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man reached over and handed her his mobile phone. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Brother Leon’s breathing filled the line, as if he were some kind of obscene phone caller. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘And he knows Auntie Glo will be frantic. So he goes to get out his phone.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

In between these phone calls I just sat on the sofa. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kids in Mama’s class giggle and look at their phones, their bored fingers swiping the screens. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Doreen came flying out of the kitchen, the cord of the phone snapping the receiver out of her hands. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Bobby Gene slammed the phone down, punching it off with his thumb. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

And, as difficult as it was to keep my new vow, I didn’t mention my suspicion concerning the whereabouts of my phone. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But neither one of us picked up the phone. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He put his cell phone on the bed, behind him. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The phone rang, and Mom picked it up. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Rashid’s waiting at the Park,” she said, looking at her phone. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I put my phone in my pocket, grab my bike, and wheel it through the doors between the cars—the ones the overhead announcements are constantly reminding us are for emergencies only. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Cotter contacted Hall to tell him that Jan Arnold was on the satellite phone from Christchurch and was waiting to be patched through. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was in this dull puddle of yellow that we figured out we did not have a phone. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She ran her fingertips along the wall as she made her way to the hall, where the phone sat on a little table by the front door. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Sierra could see her little phone light dancing through the darkness. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

We’re not supposed to use cell phones in school, but I’d broken so many rules this week, what was one more? Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

And of course I was staring at them instead of casually looking at my phone. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you can give me his phone number. I can call and explain why you’ll be late. If he says it’s an emergency and you can’t serve it today, fine, you can serve detention tomorrow.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Many levels have been left blank for users to input their own information—words, sentences, phone numbers, even pictures. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

But it’s not until I get a phone call through to Haymitch that I understand. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“I heard my mom on the phone with him,” Chess said. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I keep holding up the poster while he pulls his phone out of his jeans. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Increasingly alarmed that the situation was escalating out of control, the chief phoned the mayor-elect, even though Grabarek would not assume office until Monday. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Not because of the phone,” he told himself. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The burn makes his smile and his legs spread a little wider, and his phone is in his hand before he registers sliding it out of his pocket. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She run straight to her mama and stick out her chin and then she jerk the phone cord hard as she can. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“It’s so peaceful here. This is what life is all about. No cell phones, no iPods, no cars driving by polluting our lungs.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“But, um, I kind of wondered if I could have your phone number, so I can call you when we’re out of here.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

His case notes read: “They stated that the phone # belongs to T-Mobile.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Kluck is on her cell phone about some piece of kitchen equipment that was supposed to arrive this week. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

In the paragraph below is a list of around 250 surnames, all taken at random from the Manhattan phone book. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I cannot imagine why anyone would want to have a phone only to shut it off,” his mother says. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But these aren’t normal circumstances. On the phone, Paige said they’d be glad to have her for as long as we need.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I sigh and wait for her to leave before I pick up the phone. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

When I asked for David, the boy said, “Yeah,” and threw the phone down. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He counted them—twelve people—and saw phones raised in front of a few of them. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Aleer gave a few details about how they had ended up in Uganda and closed with his phone number. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded, fished my phone out of my backpack, and turned it on. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The phone number she wrote has an area code from Quito, the capital, just a few hours away. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

His phone is in his hand now, and he’s tapping. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

And for a second, it’s almost like I don’t even have to answer the phone. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She leaned over the counter, palms flat against the wood, glowering at the young deputy who had allowed me to use the station’s phone to call work. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I tried to call Tom on the way home, but his phone just went straight to voice mail. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the way, I scroll through my list of contacts on my phone for a while and then call Jane. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

But he’s angry when he returns from his phone call with the president. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

When I wake up the next morning, I find Mrs. Kelly’s number in my mom’s phone book. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joe looked relieved to have an out, and he nodded, grabbing the cell phone clipped to his waist. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He says I’ve been taking money from little kids and hiding their phones from them and collecting money for storage. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

One of them, a thin white woman with her hair pulled back from her face, lowered her phone as she approached Moss. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I put the list of names from Sears into the box, and I pick up the cell phone and clear its memory. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

At home, my mother is talking on the phone and defrosting one of the casseroles my sister Kate prepares at the start of each week. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I pulled out my phone and was happy to see that my theory was right. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Baba sat at the other remaining table with all his papers out, on the phone with the insurance company. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

We linger on the line like the answer’s gone change if we breathe into the phone long enough. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She told Dad, “I don’t care if this is supposed to be about football. He’s going to tell me why he won’t answer the letter and the phone calls from the Architectural Committee.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most American adults owned a cell phone, and most cell phones had a camera. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

When he told her he’d already read it, Kaira screamed so loud he had to hold the phone away from his ear. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Alice’s eyes flitted from mine to the phone on top of her leather bag and back. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

In 2007, Dr. Strayer showed that motorists using cell phones do not get better with practice. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“We’re eating dinner,” he says as he walks out, phone three inches from his ear. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

You needed a message brought to your brother on the west side of the city after phone service was cut? The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The next morning, as I’m putting on my coat and earmuffs, Mom gets a phone call. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

After that he made one phone call to a particular person, and finally, a little after 6:00 P.M., he said good-bye to several men in the office and drove home. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel the weight of my cell phone in my pocket as I settle in. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

As soon as she turned her back, I checked my phone. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Her phone is crooked between her shoulder and her ear, just like the young woman who is walking into her front door right now in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I thought maybe I might stop in a phone booth and give old Jane Gallagher a buzz before I started bumming my way west, but I wasn't in the mood. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I knew she had planned it that way—Momly plans everything—to make sure I wouldn't be checking my phone in class when I heard the ding. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Until now she had been telling herself that the phone might have been out of service, but this day she checked with the phone company. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she fell asleep with the phone still on! When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

She will buy her husband a cell phone for Christmas, she decides. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her phone was probably buried in her pocket but set on the speaker function—that was why everything sounded so muffled. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I could hear someone yelling from the phone. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gerald remembered times when the lights had been cut off, and the phone, and even the water. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her scowl deepened as she handed the phone over to Dad. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The phone was right next to me, and I started to call down and have them send up some breakfast, but I was sort of afraid they might send it up with old Maurice. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I sit on the curb and check my phone. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“Would it kill her to answer her phone?” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

When Mary Elizabeth asked me where I had been all day on the phone that night, I told her that I went to the store with my sister. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She won’t draft a statement for him or make any more phone calls to confuse or delay the press. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I hung up the phone that night I had a wet face and a broken heart. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry. My throat’s not feeling so well. I need to get off this phone. But y’all call back tomorrow if you have any other questions.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Have your phones been on for a while? Have people been able to make calls out?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He only had two friends that call him but he likes answering the phone. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I can hear her smile on the other end of the phone. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I said I would see, and headed to a wall phone to ask if the State Shop was willing to let him use the bathroom. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took several calls to find the San Francisco Office of Vital Records, but once Mrs. Richardson had them on the phone, there were no more hitches. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Moss watched her tap away at her phone for a few seconds, then wait, then hold up her phone to their teacher. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And she took off down the road, leaving Herbie behind the wheel of his accordion, moaning into his hands. the ten o’clock nightly news was ending, Kyril Montana’s phone rang. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ran to the phone, turning on the kitchen light on my way. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She was sorry for being rude on the phone and pretending she couldn’t hear her mom. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I wanted to flip open my phone and write Kiss me. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Hs hand was trembling as he put the phone down. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“My cell phone’s on if you need anything,” Mom said to Via. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He sat at a table with the Angolans, watching people hurry past, and wondering which of them was her, while the Angolans both whispered into their phones; perhaps they were arranging other marriages. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

At the top, it said, “The Issue: What is the appropriate charge for a defendant when he is texting on his cell phone and causes an accident that kills two individuals?” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Sorry,” she said to them again, gesturing at the phone. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When I open the YouTube app on my phone, it takes me straight to Adam Tok’s channel. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Then she moved her hand to trace the crooked-heart picture on the back of Mom’s phone. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

For the rest of vacation I don’t answer the phone, and my parents are under strict instructions to say I’m busy if Tyler calls again. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Then I get my mom to buy the Monkey House book, and I read Alicia a couple of the stories over the phone. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look up at him, and he’s holding his phone. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He shouldn’t have bothered; the boy was absorbed in his phone again, thumbs and fingers doing a furious dance on the keyboard. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I run upstairs to get my phone and find it tangled up in the bedclothes. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got on the phone, and soon had promises from eighteen black residents to show up. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

In my room, I find myself staring at the phone. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

There was another list of phone numbers in my mother’s handwriting. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

When the phone reached Wilder, she gave a start of recognition. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The phone was ringing when they walked in the door. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When her own gran had passed, it had come with a phone call in the middle of the night. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Dante After dinner, I picked up the phone and called him. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I click accept and fake a big yawn when her face appears on my screen, casually glancing at my phone. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

When the phone rang, the gray-haired man asked the girl, with quite some little deference, if she would rather for any reason he didn’t answer it. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I grab my phone and stare down at the long list of texts. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“But one last thing, before we go back inside—you have my number in your phone, right?” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I had almost everything at this point: an envelope of money, phone numbers for two different taxi services—the Cairns Cab Company and the Coral Sea Coach shuttle service. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And still others, unable to tolerate the continual ringing going on in their houses, often left their phones off the hook for hours, occasionally days, which was an open invitation to get murdered. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twenty minutes later, when Emily finally stopped shaking, Dad picked up the phone. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“The phone rang. Someone called and hung up.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I talked to Daddy on the phone every week, but he didn’t want me and Seven to ever set foot in a prison, so I didn’t see him. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

That was when Jenny’s cell phone started buzzing. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She turns around and shows me her phone screen. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Langley’s personnel officer, Melvin Butler, courted Williams energetically by phone, trying to convince him to accept the laboratory’s offer. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

"Here are museum passes, metro tickets, pocket money, and the Foundation's emergency phone number. Meet back here at seven for dinner and the first evening session. Any questions?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In that case, adults seem to have no problem at all shutting their phones off and describing what a miserable future a kid like me is setting himself up for. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Someday when Lynn got better, we were going to get her a phone for the bedroom. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Hitting my head would’ve been a billion times better than dropping my phone. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I can use my phone light to scare away rats and guide the way. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

When the phone calls started again, though — again — he looked in the phone book, found out where Pinkus lived, and took a room as nearby as he could afford. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

While I waited, I started thinking about talking on the phone with Marcus. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She pushed a button and held the phone to her ear, but she didn’t speak first. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Daisy got out without saying good-bye, and I was about to do the same, but when I gave him his phone back, Davis took my right hand and turned it over, palm up. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I leave him alone to his business, throw the phone on my mattress. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

To start with, I had Abby’s number, and I had Nan’s cell phone. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The phone rang one morning while Mom was out on a job interview. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

When the elevator doors opened on the fourth floor, I saw Gus’s mom pacing in the waiting room, talking on a cell phone. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

She frowned and watched him check his phone again. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I recognized the voice from the phone call yesterday. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“What she means is that our mother doesn’t answer her cell phone at work, and she’s on the night shift right now,” I interrupted, coming to Velia’s rescue. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“All right. I have a good old-fashioned phone book under the counter.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I was heading west with no adult supervision, no backup plan, not even a cell phone. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I read through a pile of magazines, look up nonsense on my phone, and a few hours later Francis pulls away and the buzzing stops. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Like I remember this one, where the oldest son, Billy, and his younger siblings are watching their grandmother talk on the phone, and it just said, Grandma’s phone is really old-fashioned. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

As we entered, the man slammed down the phone and picked up some papers. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she pushed through the revolving door and to the row of phone booths that lined the lobby. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Obinze put his two phones on the table; they lit up often, ringing in silent mode, and he would glance at them and then away. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

They passed doorway after doorway revealing grown-ups hunched in front of computers or talking on the phone, messy stacks of paper piled around them. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

My father, on the other hand, stayed on the phone pretty much all day long. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I rushed to the cupboard, the spiral phone cord stretched flat, and read the name from the bag. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I’m the only person in my year who doesn't have her own phone, practically. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The pathetic thing I wanted to say to him on the phone—but didn't—was this: When you're a little kid, you have something. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“I only recently sold out and got a cell phone.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The LCD display said I had a call from Finklestein & Associates—probably a demigod calling on a borrowed phone. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Let me see,” I say, reaching my hand out for her phone. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She found it and shoved the phone down her bra for lack of anywhere else. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I waited until Mother and Daddy were busy in the backyard and then snuck into the kitchen to use the phone. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at it, looked at Ice, then turned and headed to the phone. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

We had dozens of phone conversations with him and even met him a couple of times. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I tell her I love her too and pass Uncle Carlos his phone. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The silence in the room is overwhelming, and even though I can’t hear my phone, I can feel it, can somehow tell that it’s still ringing. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They heard the phone ring, and Roy’s mother hurried inside to answer it. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emily grabbed for her phone, but Tab held on to it. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I’m not really supposed to use my phone after nine, but it’s way too hard to try to sleep when you’re not tired. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Marcus’s picture was tucked inside my journal, so I took it out and snapped a photo of it with my phone. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

But why would she be calling him on the landline if she had this phone to call? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’ll take an extra twenty minutes if we follow the phone route. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

As I am changing my clothes, the phone rings. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

My phone buzzed and I fished it out of my pocket. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Two lights suddenly glowed around him—the flashlights from Natalie’s and Ms. Morales’s phones. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

My finger dragged across the phone’s screen, tracing the spiderweb-shaped cracks. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Chess saw that Emma was peering at the screen of Mom’s phone. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

My phone pings and I grab it, hopeful, but it’s just a notification from Twitter. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“He wanted us to wait, until he knew more. He didn’t want you to get the news in a letter or a phone call, and then everything happened so fast. . .” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

On my phone, I search for taxes and land. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I moved the phone to see the ground with my own eyes, and sure enough, the hole had gotten smaller. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I reach for the phone myself, thinking that maybe something happened to Charlie, but Mama grabs it and says “Hello?” super loud. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

When we get home, I call Elizabeth’s house, my heart pounding, but Elizabeth picks up the ;phone. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He went back to work, and I watched the ground, rather than the phone, as near-invisible thread pulled the hole’s edges together tight with a puff of smoke. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She puts a finger in her free ear to concentrate on what the phone is telling her. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

He gets up and scrolls through his phone. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

My phone number, my address, my name and what I did with my life will be gone. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even know if that gas station had a tow truck, though we could use the phone there. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Before she can back out of the parking spot, her phone rings. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Simon pulls into the senior lot and checks his phone as soon as the car’s off. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The phone number was still on the TV, below the map. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, Dad brought the house phone to me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The irritating part is, after Miss Celia makes these stupid calls and hangs up the phone, she picks that receiver right back up. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

This was Mozelle's last warning before I hung up the phone with her the first time we talked. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The two women scheduled a lunch date, and Mrs. Richardson hung up the phone. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Ah, wellll…” he goes, when he is called away to the phone. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mark’s cell phone is providing the only light, and he dreads the moment it runs out of power. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She lit a cigarette, then gave the phone another, long, exceedingly worried look. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I bite in on my lips, making them disappear, and drop my phone into the cup holder. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He wanted to call one of his Japanese chess friends for help, but Immigration denied him access to a phone. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

"Nothing," Park said, "nothing. I'm sorry. I'm just waiting for a phone call." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He used to call her on the house phone to make sure she was really there. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“It’s not impossible,” said Gen as Valencia texted on her phone. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” Alice said into the phone, and then she spoke to me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The phone rings in the kitchen and I practically fall over myself racing to it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I’m taking my second shower of the day when the phone rings. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as he felt the ground under his sneakers and the numb tingling of pain from impact, he realized two things: he had landed safely, and his phone had not. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Then I opened the phone book and started in dialing. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went to mark the time on my phone, until I remembered I’d fed it to the dolphin. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slip my hand into my back pocket and take out my phone. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss McDaniels is on the phone, so I put down the jackal mask while she finishes. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I look at the clock on the phone: it's 9:42. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

For some reason, I kept thinking about Mr. Neely and taking charge—and I’m not sure how, but apparently I managed to fall asleep, because I woke up to the sound of my phone ringing. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I dig into my bag for my phone and see that it's five o'clock already. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

A moment later every demo computer screen, monitor, phone, and tablet blinked, and their displays lit up with the picture of me covered in paint wearing the alien mask. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He’d, by now, devoted himself to showing the risks to attention from using a phone behind the wheel. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“That’s right, Colonel. This is Ben. I’m on the upstairs phone.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s Black Flag,” he said, then used his phone to stop the music. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“That boy Roger sounded pretty concerned on the phone,” she continues. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

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

Still, Dad sounded especially doubtful when I added that Cade had forgotten his phone back home in Burnt Mill Creek. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I had been so focused on my phone that I hadn’t heard everyone come home. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Since my failed phone call, I’d been thinking hard about how to reach him. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Plus, her mom is a bit of a stickler about phone minutes, and Dee only gets fifteen dollars’ worth a week. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Yeah, she was being weird about him making a call earlier, and, okay fine, has been weird about the phone in general, especially when it comes to Dad. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

He sounded like he’d just dropped his cell phone in a puddle. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

As soon as Team USA put out a press release announcing me as the first United States athlete in hijab to qualify for the Olympic Games, the phone didn’t stop ringing. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I phoned the house but he was out, the machine was on. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

His phone rings and he turns away from us to answer it. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Before Enrique entered the water, he tore up a scrap of paper with his mother’s phone number on it and scattered it on the bank. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I wished I could take a picture, but phones weren’t allowed in the room. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

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

Sahil typed back a response and slipped the phone back in his pocket. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

There were no cars nearby, no phones, no means of getting him to the clinic. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought you’d be more excited. I even got Paul’s email and phone number so you can ask him questions. You’re made for this school, Lucy.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I won’t meet her in public anymore,” I promised, “but she is a really good friend. I’d still like to talk to her on the phone.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Evan was smiling politely, but Dimple could tell by the way he kept glancing at his cell phone screen that he wasn’t totally into the story. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But his father was already at the phone. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hi, it’s Kristi,” she says when I pick up the phone. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kick the pay phone so hard it rattles. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

After she left, I stayed in my room for about four million miles—two days—with the shades drawn and my phone turned off. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Excuse me, are you using the phone?” the giant black woman with the cane asks as I stare at it. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think any more about the threatening phone calls. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

That either means Mr. Kennedy finished polishing or my phone died. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The last week of school was a flurry of packing, typing, plane reservations and phone calls home, for everybody but me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to head over to Ms. Clement’s, make sure she’s okay and see if we can use her phone.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Once more he picked up the phone receiver, to call his wife. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Murray sits on the edge of the desk and sets my phone beside her. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I walked past her down the hall to the vending machines, where I got a cup of watery instant coffee before going down to try the phone again. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I was talking to Tommy on the phone and he said all that pine rubbish was pretty ordinary and wouldn’t last.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Lydia set down her phone and began typing a post about the road trip to Nashville, shopping at Attic, and some thoughts on the first day of school. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

That was what I was going to do until I got Celia on the phone and asked her to the dance. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The phone slid from under my chin and hit the floor. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

But then, a cell phone would probably be yet another reason for Mr. Moore to accuse Mamá of neglecting her work. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Mom came running into the foyer, but instead of picking it up, I heard her tear the phone from the wall, open the front door, and throw it out into the yard. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He looks at his phone, swallowing down his frustration with the whiskey. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

All at once, everyone has their phones in their faces. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

My cell phone rang at one point, not long after I should’ve been home from school. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He was on his phone, texting someone furiously. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Where he is they don’t have a phone.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be scared. The boss trusts you. He’s gone to see some friends. Somebody’s watching him and if he starts back to the movie, they’ll phone us,” he said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Law, my phone was disconnected cause I’s short this month. You talk to Yule May?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Mom must have thought Chess gave the phone back to Ms. Morales right away, since she was writing to Susanna, not him. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She puts her phone to her ear, but even from across the room I can hear when they answer, both Ana's voice and Javier's, exuberant and relieved. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He picked up his car phone and called his friend Jon Wood. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

So, yeah, I have a terrible stepdad, and I don't have a phone, and sometimes when we're out of dish soap, I wash my hair with flea and tick shampoo. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He takes one look at my face and pulls out his cell phone again. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to think about that, so I open the list on my phone of things I’ll miss about my old house, and read through the memories I want to remember. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Once, after my dad caught an earful of their conversation, he rushed over to the phone base and stabbed the button down with his finger to disconnect the call. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He smiles in the middle of his phone conversation. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

About an hour later my eyes are sore and I glance at the phone. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The Eagle hung up the phone, smiling, and said, “Good choice! He seems like a very interesting man.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

And after she stopped answering the phone and wouldn’t return my calls, I began to wonder whether or not she planned to bring you back.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Without even thinking about it, Chess tightened his grip on his mother’s phone. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She was probably lying on the couch, just like I was lying on mine, her cell phone next to her head so she could read the messages without having to pick the phone up. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“They talk on the phone almost every day. Anyway, he'll be back.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

All the girls huddled together, taking selfies with our phones and making crazy faces to send to our friends on Snapchat. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I wish I had my phone to video this. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The segregationists organized a systematic process for phoning our homes at all hours of the night to harass us. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

By fantastic coincidence, a reporter named Eddie Farrell happened to have just taken a seat by the phone while he waited to speak with the stewards. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look,” he says, and then carefully pulls what seems to be an ancient flip phone from his pocket and places it in my hand. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He sounded just like on the phone, except he was here—in real life. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

It isn’t until they reach downtown, just before the exit ramp to the highway, that Axel spots a few crows gathered on a phone wire. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I take the phone from him and rub my eyes. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I was lying in bed, wide-awake, completely incapable of shutting down either my brain or my body, when my phone buzzed on the table beside me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I put my phone away and grab a box of Oreos from the cabinet. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The concierge seemed too intimidating, so he asked one of the bellhops, who directed him to the house phone. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I knew they was going to have my phone. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The next morning I wake up to an obnoxious digitized symphony—the alarm on my phone, which, miraculously, held its charge overnight. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The drug dealer had an authorized wiretap on his phone and, as a result, the police got a search warrant and went to the house where the call originated. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He sends me his phone number and I’m tempted to call it to make sure he’s the one who picks up, and not some creep who’s paying him to collect addresses of young vulnerable guys. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He hangs up and tosses the phone aside as June settles down on the bed. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Grabbing my phone from my pocket, I set an alarm for 5:00 a.m., for the first time maybe ever. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

As Hazel’s insides churned, her mom talked on the phone to the principal. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Arnold had bought a bunch of phones and given one to each of the crews and to me so that we could keep in touch throughout the day. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Poppy tried to phone the police in Ramallah, but the phone line was blank. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how bad he does, he buries his face in his papers, cranks up Rabbi Gold on his phone, and gives it another try. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The phone was now on the pillow of Mr. Glass’s bed. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Curiously, given how high-tech the cars had become, and the pre-ponderance of cell phones, not a single state at that time banned texting and driving. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I was out of practice and was dying to know who was on the phone. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

And I know she do too cause she call Miss Walters up on the phone when I was there.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Then he will go ahead and phone his old boss and hope that his aunt or uncle will call back, so he won’t need a second card. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She didn’t tell Maya about all the people she’d talked to on the phone, trying to follow a seventeen-year-old trail of bread crumbs that had mostly blown to the wind and taken Joaquin with them. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Watching the soles of their sneakers running away, I push my hands into my pockets, touching my pencil, the business card, and the flat-topped buttons of Jason’s mother’s cell phone. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Man, I’d give my one remaining ball to live here, I tell you that. I’m trying to get into a home around here, at the Y. Anyway—there’s the phone.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She remembered the surprise on Obinze’s face, a surprise he had quickly shielded, when he asked, "What’s your phone number?” and she replied, "We don’t have a phone.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Now, I quiz you,” she says, handing back the phone. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I close my door, pull up Instagram on my phone, and immediately go live. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Of course Kim would go to Adam, to tell him in person as opposed to breaking the news over the phone, and then to bring him here, to me. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was aware that his home phone was tapped and his house watched by comically conspicuous security men, who would sit for hours in the front seat of a parked car with the motor running. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

My hands shake down to my fingertips, but I tap the screen and put the phone to my ear. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I'm at the kitchen table separating the peripheral wiring when Dell Duke's cell phone barks. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

That phone call when I’d told Conner about Grandpa, he hadn’t interrupted once, or tried to change the subject, or talked about himself. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Thirteen numbers, same as the phone number on the clue,” she said. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I let go of his throat and grab his phone out of his pocket. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Telegrams and phone calls kept pouring into Bobby through the end of November and the first weeks of December. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Kids were getting their phones stolen and/or thrown into the lunchtime garbage can by older kids. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“Well,” he said, “if that’s how you feel, just pick up the phone and call Owen Williams. It’s as simple as that.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slam the phone on the base before I even allow Tanisha to say good-bye. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Oh, good! Since I have you on the phone, I was wondering if you would be interested in helping get signatures for our mascot petition tomorrow at lunch?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

So I spend five more minutes sitting in my parked car staring at my email again on my phone. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

When I left the skating rink I felt sort of hungry, so I went in this drugstore and had a Swiss cheese sandwich and a malted, and then I went in a phone booth. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Everyone else in the little wood-paneled coffee shop was studying quietly or whispering into cell phones. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I put the phone receiver down very gently on the kitchen counter, and then I run up to Safer’s apartment. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I found out later that my dad was getting horrible phone reports from my mom for an hour each night, long after Jeffy and I were both asleep. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then Hannah saw me and did this obviously fake laugh and grabbed Maddie’s arm so they could look at something on her phone together. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I just bet you are, Lolly,” he answered back over the phone. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He kept his hands where they were, ran his tongue across his pearly whites, making no move for the phone. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

But he didn’t chase after us, he just stood there with his cell phone pinned against his ear, probably calling the cops. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

What if no one is home, or a child answers the phone? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at my phone in his hands. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Chris said, still staring down at his phone, his thumbs moving crazy fast. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

One day, on the phone with a State Department official named Mike Forrestal, Ellsberg quoted from a cable that had just come in from the American embassy in Saigon. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

A few moms are waiting for tryouts to finish and talking on their phones. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Next to the parking lot stood a pay phone, with twenty people waiting to use it. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“No. A guy on the ski team. Guys in my class. Hackett had shown them the pictures on his phone.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She sinks back onto the couch and sets her phone on the coffee table. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Then he saw cell phones, most of them pretty old models, unlike his. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Percy, you’d better use the phone in the hall. Good luck.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

No, hut when you got that phone call this morn- mg. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I pressed the calling bell, the woman with whom I had spoken on the phone hollered from what seemed to be just the other side of the door, “One minute, please!” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Dad was in the garage painting the identification numbers on his J-3, and so when the phone rang there was no one to pick it up but me. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She looks at the clock on her phone. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Bobby, crestfallen, recalled: “I went to the phone booth and called my mother to tell her the bad news. In the booth next to me was Bisguier, phoning his good news to his family.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Rick stood holding the phone receiver, conscious of her mental departure. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He was already on the phone— probably reporting our arrival to Pefta. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grip tighter the morral with my food and pat the places where I have hidden the precious phone numbers and pesitos. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I thought I might have given my phone number to somebody at a dance or a party and then forgotten about it. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I received a phone call yesterday,” Count Olaf said, “from Mr. Poe. He told me you children had been to see him.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I know we could find someone to adopt Pi. We will put him on our blog. I bet he has 30 phone calls on the 1st day.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Each box contained the name of a university, its address and phone number, and the name of its head football coach. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I already did. He’s not answering the phone.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

They seem to call to you from another place that you’ve accidentally tapped into, like a cell phone pulling in a conversation in some foreign language—yet somehow you understand it. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

But Laxmi was always on the phone with her cousin these days, who was still in bed, whose husband was still in London, and whose son still wasn’t going to school. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Take a look at Gary Edwards’s grade in algebra II, state investigators were told over the phone. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she would scroll through old messages from Claire, emojis and xoxo’s and notes that were so private that Maya would throw her phone into a toilet before she let anyone read them. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Dad looked to Ernie, who lay sprawled on the other bed, clicking away on his phone. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The contact page only listed a general email address and phone number for the law office. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

As I go, I glance down at my phone again. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Some were photographs—Momly always went nuts with pictures, and Uncle Tony always went nuts with camera filters, and together they had the nerve to get cell phone pictures printed—and some were drawings. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Then tell Dennis that. Tell Jack. Look, I’m going to the phone. I’m calling Jack right now. I’m going to tell him and then give him a piece of my mind.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The principal phoned the police department, but the police said they were too busy to send anyone over. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She had turned off the ringer of her phone. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I was about to whistle for Blackjack to help me search, when my mom’s phone rang. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

We fought over everything: who could control the TV remote, whose turn it was to use the phone, and who had dibs on marrying Leonardo DiCaprio. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

As the movie wrapped up and the lights came on, Barack’s cell phone buzzed. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Ryan lingers for a minute, waiting to see what I do, but when I just sit there, he collects his phone and goes on. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Candice nodded, and the woman pressed a button on the phone. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I hit OFF—these are the first calls I’ve made not on the cell phone in a long time—and type in 1-800-SUICIDE. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

They ignored her, texting on their phones while she spoke. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Hello?” my dad said, groggy, over the phone. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Papa pushed the chessboard aside and excused himself to use the phone in his study. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I tap into my phone, staring into the brightness of my screen. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I tilt my head to secure the phone between my ear and shoulder, and taste a big spoonful. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Come on, boys,” she told us, reading her phone. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He watched as Rick crossed the room to the phone. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

We did two loads of laundry, washed out our cups and food bowls and pots and pans, bought and sent postcards, phoned home, and stocked up liberally on fresh and packaged foods in the shop. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Woman operator in Bangalore after someone has just slammed down the phone on her: “Hello? Hello?” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

That settled, I reached in my back pocket for my cell phone to let Spoony know I was on my way. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When I’d recovered a little, I looked up to see another gleam ahead of me—not a reflection of my phone, but a weak glimmer of daylight. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

My phone vibrates noisily on the floor, but I ignore it, not wanting to talk to anyone. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He slips his phone back into his jacket pocket. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I plug the phone into my charger and walk over to the closet. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

When I come out, I hear Miss Celia on the phone, talking to the Madison County police. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The e-mails and phone messages addressed to my former self come from a distant race of people with exotic concerns and far too much time on their hands. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

My phone chirped with a text from my dad asking how things were going, and in the short time it took me to respond, Ricky managed to get us completely, stunningly lost. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

My phone buzzed and I left quietly not knowing whether I was breaking a rule. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Even so, he went to a phone booth, looked through the directory, and found the number to the local FBI. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Being much taller than the dude, I had no problem keeping the phone away from him. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

There was a pay phone on the comer. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

There are several floors with rooms full of twenty-somethings—some twenty-five hundred in all—working the phones. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Its great metal arms stretched into the darkness, and the silver turning rod shone with the ghostly reflections of the phone’s glow. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The system had fouled up before, but a few phone calls usually straightened it out. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a phone call with the president a few days later, King backpedaled on his comments, trying to soften them. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Through the phone Mrs. Richardson heard the faint blare of a siren passing by and then receding into the distance. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I screeched, my phone still in my hand. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The other officer said he didn’t know, so I made some phone calls, figured it out, and did the paperwork during lunch. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the noise in my head is quieting down and there’s a Death-Cast herald on the other end of the phone waiting to tell me I’m going to die today at eighteen years old. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Since my last hit, Jean had treated me twice, and we laughed on the phone, glad that now I’d treat her to a night out. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The box holds a brand-new cell phone, and I immediately turn it on and start pushing all the buttons. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

His phone is aimed squarely at me, taking a photo or video. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“The point isn’t your phone dying. Why did you need to cancel, anyway?” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I set the phone down to dance around and quietly squeal, realizing too late that I’d accidentally hung up without saying goodbye. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

She thinks about what Dr. Mann said during their last phone session. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“But you don’t even have my phone number,” he said. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“As soon as I put the phone down, it rings again. People are complaining about the stink and smoke. I want this stopped. Do you understand me?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was too tired to grab the phone out his hands.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had no phone service in this cinder- block dungeon. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

"You have a phone," I say with surprise. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But Mom’s obsessively checking the time on her phone, like he might bust in at any moment. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The reporters leap forward into the crowd that surrounds Soheil, their phone cameras capturing the chaos. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She was late, so he pulled his phone out again. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I grab my phone from my back pocket and see a text from Poe, feeling a mix of sadness and relief as Will and I pull away from each other. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

"Hold on," he said to the person on the phone. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I missed the ringing phone most of all. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

For whatever reason, he raced down ahead of the group—which in fact had been his pattern throughout the entire expedition, as Fischer’s final letters and phone calls from Base Camp to Seattle made clear. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I say, replacing the phone to my ear. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Byrd and Lark do come to greet Emmett on the phone in the living room. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Captain Beatty, his poker cards in one pink hand, walked with exaggerated slowness to the phone and ripped out the address when the report was finished. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A mute on a computer or phone means no sound at all.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

They’d be after him soon, though, with their cars and their cell phones. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s June, tumbling into Alex’s bedroom with her phone in one hand, jumping up and down, her hair bouncing on her shoulders. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I lie here in the pitch-darkness, reading that particular line on my phone again and again. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“Did you text Dimple? Did my phone buzz?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Park carefully picked up the phone and carried it to his bed. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Maybe right before the phone rang, tomorrow was just another day. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I hear him make a phone call and I pray it’s to the pharmacy, but I’m pretty sure it’s not. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

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

Runs up thousand-dollar phone bills making prank calls to the Middle East. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

They hang up, and he passes the phone back to Zahra, who takes it wordlessly and tucks it back into her bag. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Sorry. The overnight express business is just booming. Now, as I was saying—” “You have snakes on your phone.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s too late for Henrietta’s children,” she told me one day over the phone. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Before he even touched the phone, it was silent. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I asked the girl behind the counter for help with my phone. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“Alright... just... tell her I called again,” Miss Celia says into the phone. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“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

Maddie was sent farther down the lane on her bike to the bottom of the hill, where there was a pub and a phone box. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

There have been times I’ve rushed away from my papers to answer the phone; gladly gotten up from my chair, hearing the mailman outside. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picked up the phone and dialed Jones's house. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“No, not you, Ted,” she tells the phone. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I called her on the 18th and it sounded like she threw the phone across the room. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Your mom dropped her phone at the beach.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He picked up the phone and called the office. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

In the past, agents had filed reports by phone or telegram, or by briefing a superior in person. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He dialed the operator and asked her to connect him with my parents’ phone number. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Don’t jerk your hand!” she hollered from the phone. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He must’ve stared a few seconds too long, because she sighed and dropped the phone. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Now I didn’t just have to sit home and wait for my phone to ring. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She handed me back the phone and started to leave. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I watch them for a while, waiting for signs of conversation or the hint of notes being passed by hand or phone. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I tried phoning the bank again, but I only got the same recording. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He scrolls his phone for some music to pass the time. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

C.P. had learned about the rally that afternoon in a phone call from one of his informants, a city arson inspector. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The phone, in the main house, seldom rings. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a clock on my phone, but it’s been in my pocket since I set my music on repeat. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

And now it was just me and Max, who was typing something into his phone. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Now that I have him on the phone, I’m not sure I want him on the phone. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I am on the phone with Jerri Sparks, the reporter from the local paper, who wants to send someone out to take my picture. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

My phone vibrates in my pocket again, but I ignore it. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I call Hilly’s house four times but the phone just rings. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I phoned back several times, but no luck. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

That change came two days later when the phone rang. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

In those days, phone calls were manually patched through by an operator at a switchboard, with long-distance calls often relayed through multiple switchboards. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She kept her head bent over the phone. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Or maybe his friends came for a visit and he hasn’t gotten a chance to check his phone? Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He unsticks the phone from his ear and stretches it out to me. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The phone rings four, five, six times before Pilar answers sleepily. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he nods, picks up his cell phone, and begins typing something. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I have no cell phone, but somebody lends me one—for a price. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up the phone, but it was dead. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

More paperwork and phone calls, more questions and answers. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Our phone's in the hallway to make it uncomfortable to use, so if I creep over the landing to my surveillance position I can catch just about everything. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

If she was so much as five minutes late, her mother would freak, but she still wouldn’t buy Scarlett a phone of her own. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Matt Drinker’s phone just lost juice in the middle of a video. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Either her phone is off, or she has no service. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I had to do something about school, that eventually there would be the phone call that would reveal how many weeks I hadn’t attended, and I would be in trouble all over again. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Dad’s cell phone rang, and he stared at the screen. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

His phone buzzes on my desk and he gets up to check it. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He goes to the door of the bus and calls to Sasha, who roams the sidewalk with a cell phone, charred legs. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She had heard him pace back and forth on the second floor, had seen his eyes’ longing look when he talked to Ahmad on the phone. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Eventually, one of them will read our dog tags. The tags have Jenny’s phone number.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

But this time, I think about Mom’s phone call. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t sound nearly as confident on the phone. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Truth is, there’s a phone in our room, and Mama even told me the number. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

It isn’t until Emmett waves from the porch later, his phone in his outstretched hand, that Axel drops from the fence and joins the others. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Mom lets me have my phone back for good, so I send them a group text on Sunday morning. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She was addicted to their after-school phone calls. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She had created the distance, ignoring him, changing her e-mail address and phone number, and yet she felt deeply betrayed by this news. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to kill Rufus’s phone battery in case the Plutos reach out, so Lidia and I agree to hang up at the same time. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Afterward, he gave me his phone number and asked me to call him if I needed help getting around the city. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Minny, I’m on run up there now—” “No, don’t hang up, please. Just stay on the phone with me till she get here.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Then, when I didn’t answer, he shut the game down and slipped the phone in his pocket. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Yep. You leaving your phone at home makes me think you and I have something in common.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Fine. I’ll take it over the phone, and someone will call you back if we need more. Name and address, please.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I could see Selena’s face redden as she stood up and shoved the phone into the back pocket of her jeans. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

And knowing I won’t buy it, that I’m just another offended tourist, he goes right back to his cell phone, texting away. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She turned to face me as Frankie rubbed his eyes and hung up the phone. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I’m afraid so, honey. It seems you reached for a cell phone, and a police officer, well, she thought you were reaching for a gun.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I don't want to engage anymore—I want the phone call to be over. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Joey was back on the phone with me at nine o’clock. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

He sat in his usual place at the dining table, the phone against his ear, with the cord stretching behind him from the kitchen. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Her phone rang, and when she saw the number calling, she picked up. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Now I step into the café, soak in the warmth, and check my phone again. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Would you believe that Agent 86 lost his shoe phone? benefited. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re allowed one call. Would you rather phone her than a lawyer?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Ben answered the phone and heard the voice of Arrabelle Smalls frayed with hysteria and almost unintelligible as she wept and tried to speak at the same time. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don't have time to wipe my tears, or control my breathing, or pull my phone away from my ear. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

After taking my case history, he asked me to wait while he consulted with some of his colleagues by phone as to the best method of darkening my skin. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The phone rings, and she bounces to it before I can stop her. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“Is it fair to say that, as compared to talking on a cell phone or driving under the influence, the general public hasn’t had information about the risks of texting and driving?” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Amelia exits the video and stuffs the phone inside her pocket. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Before they left the library, Nathan charged his phone and used the internet to update all his games as well as download new ones that didn’t require reception. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The graying middle-aged nurse who doesn’t attend to the patients but sits by and monitors the computers and phones, gives a little nod and stands up as if accepting a nomination. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was this what Grover was up to, making those phone calls in the bedroom? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I walked down Main Street to the south end, where there was a pay phone in front of the lunch counter. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I heard you through the wall when you guys were on the phone. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Maddie uncurled the gripping earphones and microphone and passed her headset to the pretty little blond wireless operator, who adjusted the phones to fit her head. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

On the outside it says: To: Will Grayson From: The Locker Houdini I grab the phone and say, "Hey, I found it." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t quite sure what part of the phone to cover, but I did my best. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Somebody grabbed my phone out of my hands. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

After a blast the phone would ring, and the caller would tell us the bomb’s location. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But this evening there were two emergencies, so Father told me to behave and to ring him on his mobile phone if there was a problem, and then he went out in the van. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

So safety advocates cautioned against making a perfect comparison between driver distraction by cell phone and drunk driving. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I scribbled a note on a pad on Hector’s desk, saying I had to go and leaving my dad’s e-mail address and phone number so he could let him know I was safe. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Dad asked when I hung up the phone. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I grabbed her phone and popped the back off of it with my Swiss Army knife. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I kept pumping quarters into the pay phone trying to reach Sherry. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hangs up the phone before I get a chance to say anything else. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

We'd been phone buddies the previous summer, and ten days of spring break would feel like an eternity away from him. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Her phone buzzed just then, and Grace glanced over at it. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, that’s what I was saying,” he said into the phone. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun had sounded so calm on the phone the previous night, before his phone had given out. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she sits in the car and stares at her phone. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“He says his dad,” she said into the phone. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

No one moved, but plenty of people held up cell phones, still recording the event. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He got up and picked up the phone and called Madu. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Felix had wasted most of the evening playing with his phone and the rest of the time stressing over money. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

But I really, really hated that my phone was dead. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Just as I slipped on my penny loafers, a phone rang and disturbed the quiet stillness of the house. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Her hands shook as she pulled her phone. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

As I’m nodding in contentment, my phone begins vibrating noisily on my desk, making the colored pencils dance. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The feeling reaches a hand through the phone line and shakes me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

When the phone rings I feel afraid for a moment but then know it’s Marv, without a doubt. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The black phone often rang for me in the evening, usually Mr. Caton working unpaid overtime on the nozzle. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She frowned at a text sound on her phone, then got up from the table and went into her bedroom. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not like he could do anything but talk on the phone anyway. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Juanga pretends to be distracted by his phone, but I’m sure he’s enjoying every second of it. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I imagine any other teacher would’ve been on the phone to Psychological Counseling in about five minutes had he heard what Henry said about arming the Greek class and marching into Hampden town. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He’d seen the phone box above the waterline and walked into the house. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Best Friend doesn’t even look up from her phone when I open the door. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“It can be kind of rude to talk on the subway, on the phone—not that everybody doesn’t—but, yeah, above ground, here, you can use it.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Mostly what she remembered was holding the phone for that long silence—the silence of her father not saying anything, and her not saying anything back. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Federal deregulation has done the same for plane tickets and long-distance phone calls. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

She shifts the box to one hand and holds the phone out. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Wordlessly, he shoves his phone under my nose. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I pictured the phone, in the sacristy, only a few meters from the nave. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, you aren’t. I just got off the phone with her mother, who was quite displeased to hear what I had to tell her about little Susie.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

It seemed as if he’d muffled the phone with his hand. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Ophelia wasn’t surprised—the phones in Mirebalais worked half the time at best—but she still felt frustrated, and a little dejected. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

She’s examining a gold pocket watch that looks like it’s even older than her rotary phone. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I started a campaign of phone calls and e-mails to get my mother to come to join me in the United States. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as we pull into the parking lot, Mom’s phone rings. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got the classic Frankenstein on my phone. What do you say to a little midnight viewing?” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The phone line clicked and the dial tone sounded like an alarm in my ear. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

She kept her head down, looking at her phone, and her long brown hair slid forward, hiding her face. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

That I had to be the one to make the phone call. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Besides, I wasn't crazy about talking to old Mrs. Hayes on the phone. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

It might be different if he were flagging down a passing car or trying to phone for help, but typing, in and of itself, is not an inherently dramatic activity. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I just got off the phone with his mother.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’d expected a huge pile of mail, and a lot of phone messages and e-mails. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

He fumbles his phone out so fast he almost drops it on the floor and smashes it again. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Once a month, Ian was allowed to make a phone call. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Well, this is him in person. I hope you didn’t believe that funny story’ he give you over the phone the other day. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slipped my phone out of my pocket and snuck a peek at the screen. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shove one hand into my jeans and hold the phone with the other, pressing the volume up button each time the screen goes blank. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Feeling the blood rushing from my face, I looked around for a phone in the room, but I couldn’t see one. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Look for signs,” Abue tells me still when we talk quickly on the phone and I ask where my life will go. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I thought, Maybe she was on the phone. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He is one of the brightest and most perceptive of Volpe’s students, a technophile who spends a lot of time taking apart and putting back together gadgets of all kinds—computers, sound equipment, phones, cameras. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Neither her phone nor her bank cards have been used since Saturday, either. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When my phone buzzed, I felt a sense of relief. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Dad ends the call and sets his phone down on his desk, leaning it against one of the yarmulke towers. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Kaisha had her face buried in her phone, and her fingers flew across the screen. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Well, do you need to use the phone?” around him. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Me: Well, yes, but...there’s something wrong with our phone. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I glanced at the time on my phone. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He pulls out his phone again and begins thumbing through the questions. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

She’d become the first person in history to hit someone through a phone. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

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

I put my phone away and went into her classroom. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

There is a way to he good again, Rahim Khan had said on the phone just before hanging up. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Zeitoun siblings were all close-knit, but no one worried more, and spent more time collecting and updating addresses and phone numbers and photos, than Ahmad. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Their responses are going to come flying through my phone, so I tuck it into my bag. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

After two or three days, there were telegrams and phone calls inviting me to job interviews. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was too angry to even look at the phone. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Or she forgot it’s in her phone in the first place. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I wished Mother would give me the phone so I could explain. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Ma said that Aston sounded like a girl with a deep voice when she had spoke to him over the phone, but he was truly a dude. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“Once I get out of this bathroom, the two of us will find it. And I can call for help. I have a phone.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“One sec, Zig,” Nora says as she types into her phone and then holds it out to me. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

His phone is on his desk, and for the rest of the period he watches us. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

More than once, I’ve come home from school to find her searching for cheap flights on her phone. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I thought if I could sneak my phone aboard, I could snap some grainy photos, record some video, maybe grab GPS coordinates to prove I wasn’t lying. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

We spoke on the phone a few times; he told me his brother was sick again and might have to spend some time in a hospital. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I’m tempted to reach for my phone to see if I’ve missed any texts from Hudson, or to check Instagram to see if he has uploaded a new selfie. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

She pulls out her phone and starts tapping. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I brace myself and reluctantly pick up the phone. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He put the phone down and looked at me. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I hold the phone on my ear, waiting for her to hang up. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, clearly, it's so urgent, or he wouldn’t be—gasp—on his phone in a restaurant.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

When I get home, there’s a note from Mom by the phone, along with a twenty-dollar bill. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Internet chat sessions were done via satellite phone and a typist in New York. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She unzipped her bag and pulled out a phone in a gold case. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

That is enough to trade in his 30-peso phone card for one worth 50 pesos. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I try again, remembering that she isn’t always close to a phone. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

When a case got really out of hand he phoned a local doctor and sometimes one came if it seemed to be an emergency. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I write the list down in the Notes app of my phone, and place movie reel emojis at the top. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“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

An old wall phone hangs upside down by its wires on the left as you enter, the receiver dangling by its curly cord, a symbol of Sing Sing’s chronically broken phone system. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Don't know. She hasn't been home in about three years, but she sent an e-mail to her folks last Christmas, and I got her e-mail address, and then I looked up her address and phone." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom refused to let go of our home phone because she was afraid of another hurricane disaster, like Jeanne and Frances, which had both hit Florida in September 2004. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“I guarantee you that dozens of politicians are on the phone right now demanding action and threatening anyone who will listen with hearings and investigations to make something happen.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I’m just gonna pretend like we’re on the phone together, talking about what everybody else talks about when they call home. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“But of course,” I said, and then Kaitlyn made a kissy sound into the phone and I said, “Bye,” and she hung up. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

One afternoon a few days later the phone rang. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes we talk on the phone. And on Tuesdays we meet in the rock crusher.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I push the end button on the phone before she has a chance to think some more. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would be allowed a phone call, would learn about the charges against him, might even see a public defender or a judge. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I hesitate for a second before finally grabbing my phone. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Who is this? Why do you have her phone?” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know who to call. Besides, we don’t have a phone.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

One more minute until it’s forty-eight hours from our first—My phone chirps. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

No phone calls, no televisions, no radios, no visits. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She pressed some buttons and put the phone to her ear with a smile and a nod of her head. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Curly had stalled as long as possible before phoning Mother Paula’s corporate headquarters. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back on the shore, Annabeth was talking on her cell phone, but she hung up as soon as she saw me. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

My phone buzzes in my handbag, making me jump. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slip my phone back into my bag, resist inspecting the earrings, and keep moving. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I have a TV that needs time to warm up, a phone that almost never rings, and a fridge that buzzes like a radio. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I start to get up from my seat, but Pri grabs the phone from my hand and answers it for me. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Or”—Abby glances at me—“you could set up an online store. Maybe you could upload some designs, and then people could order prints and phone cases and stuff.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She slowly spun her phone on the table again. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

My phone was the only thing I owned that had survived our disaster at sea, but it was useless here, an alien object. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He turned off his phone to save the battery—well, that was one of the reasons. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

She’s in her peach robe, cradling the phone to her chest. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

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

His mother answered the phone, and I could tell there was some trouble over there. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

I bet he was on the phone with everyone he knew. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know her phone number or where she lived. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She set her phone down so she wouldn’t be tempted to fling it across the room. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“It’s Irish dancing,” Selena said, quickly turning off the phone so that the screen went black. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

In Missoula, Montana, an operator handled calls from customers begging her to connect their phone to family members. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Unless you had an older model, the machines destroyed the inside of all your phones.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Dizzy from it, I half closed my eyes and let Emma pull me along while with my free hand I reached into my pocket to touch the cold glass of my phone. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

After I cleared him, I was going to delete my suspect list from my phone and mind my own business. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I caught a trace of agony in his voice nearly every time he hung up the phone. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I show her my phone, and we argue over which questions to choose. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Since everybody else had a cell phone, the only people who went to the office were usually in some kind of dire situation. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Downstairs in the kitchen, I turn the phone over and over in my hand, preparing myself. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t need no phone. You’ll hear him screaming for mercy all the way over here.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

They appear to be laughing, huddled over a phone. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“My cousin is at Harry Potter World right now,” he says, flicking his thumb over his phone screen. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

After my mom had to race back to work, I found Calista’s phone number on the list of emergency contacts on the bulletin board in the kitchen. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

She moved with the silent ease of an assassin as she swooped in, grabbed Larry’s phone, and promptly leaned over to look straight into his shocked face. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He turned off his phone to conserve what power it had left. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

That one, of course she has a cell phone. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

That man would want his phone on him at all times. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pick up my phone to see a text from my dad. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Even though she had already said sorry, she had texted Grace at least once a day since then, apologizing for stealing her phone. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“He must have turned his phone off in the movie,” she said. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The detective was talking on her phone and moving slow. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The first thing I did when I got off at Penn Station, I went into this phone booth. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

My mom was out in the hall, arguing with the doctors in Philly on her cell phone. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the phone, she took out the directory to look up bus companies in the yellow pages. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reached into his pocket and realized that his phone had died! Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

That brings me up to Joey’s phone call asking me if I’m all right. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The phone goes silent, and a minute or so later she comes back. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I let them come to my locker, send a text or two, then return the phones until they left school. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Her phone dinged like crazy, and you could practically hear the nervousness coming through. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The time on my phone reads 3:34 a.m., and the TV in my room is still on, cycling through the news. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Or the power to know that you had a hard time getting out of bed because you were playing games on your phone way past your bedtime. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“And forget about replacing my phone or getting me a tablet.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I thought maybe it was my phone again. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Dad was at his desk, holding a phone in his left hand. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Inside my room I pulled out my phone to text Thomas and apologize for cutting us off. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

In most-cases he was asked whether he wanted to book a ticket, but in one of them, the Fantasia, no one answered the phone. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She preferred not to use her phone in the chamber because she wasn’t sure how the world of the hereafter felt about such things. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“That’s because cell phones weren’t invented way back then,” Oliver said, then ducked and ran to the front door when Mama aimed a piece of cookie dough at him. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t tell from her voice over the phone. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

They used eye-tracking technology to study where a driver was looking, say, at the road or at the phone. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

When we got into the office, a tall woman was laughing into a phone. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He’s staring right at me, his startlingly blue eyes locked on mine, and I get such a fright, I drop my phone. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She fussed at me to stop playing on the phone. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Sure, at the first sight of my phone’s shattered screen, my heart had splintered into a million pieces. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

‘Don’t you start - I overheard you today on the phone to Ben. You think Salim’s run away, don’t you? You think he’s hiding - hiding from me, don’t you? Why don’t you just say it?’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t have a phone and it wasn’t like Jimmy worried about his attendance record. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Then give me the phone. And my little notebook.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Otto and I stole between them, arriving at the far side to an empty phone card stand, with its colorful umbrella intact but looted of all contents. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Not even three seconds later, I feel the phone buzzing, but I don’t pick up because I already know what she’s going to say. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I wish. The boy reconfigures my phone in a parking lot. Scary.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I took out my cell phone, prepared to call someone, anyone, so I’d have a witness, but I wasn’t getting service. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I saw wheels of ribbon and wrapping paper, stacks of colored construction paper, cardboard boxes of newspaper clippings, watercolors and cans of paint, a yellow stack of phone books. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

She knew she was the “girl” being discussed in the phone conversation. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

His mother’s peals of laughter traveled down the phone line. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was 5 a.m. and on the phone was a detective telling her she should drive to Washington. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I searched, and shook my head after I had found a pic of the building on my phone. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Slowly, carefully, he unfolds his prized possession: her phone number. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He felt confident enough to walk in the dark and decided not to use the flashlight app on his phone. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Shin fidgeted with the buttons on his mobile phone. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“The phone calls. Disappearing into your room for hours. Come on.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He pulls out his phone and takes pictures of my pages. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Silence was all around them, the phone most of all. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

There was a long pause on the phone before she added, “You could ask your father if he could use his influence.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we reach the brightly lit walkway near the river, Kasim’s phone rings and he answers it. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Dad grounded me and took away my cell phone for two weeks, but he never found out I’d been drinking. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Then he grabs his phone and turns on Rabbi Gold again. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

True, there was a phone—the controversial private phone—on Buddy’s desk. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Kainene said on the phone, when he told her that he would be going to Lagos for the memorial at the British High Commission. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I take a picture of myself with my phone, decide I look too serious, take another one—too goofy—and settle on the third, which is somewhere in between. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She motioned for me to come with her, so I gripped my cell phone in one hand and got out of the car. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I stare at my phone, trying not to stop myself since what I’m about to do might cause lifelong embarrassment. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

As soon as she hung up, the phone rang. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I slip my hand into the back pocket of my jeans—my phone is there, hard and compact and comforting, only I wish I’d had the sense to make the call already. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

So for now, she waited, hoping for a phone call to tell her whether Joseph was still an inmate, was among the dead, or, God willing, had escaped. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Buddy Gabaldon hung up the phone and he felt like barfing. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew about my phone getting ganked and offered to buy me a new one to replace it. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I scroll through the questions on my phone. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

As always, word spreads through the courtyard like wildfire: someone named Enrique has a phone call. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Now, Arthur. Listen. That isn’t going to do any good,” he said into the phone. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I thought he was going to argue, but he took one look at my face and hung up the phone. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the phone rang that afternoon and Long Distance said Chicago was calling I thought this would be Daisy at last. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He took the phone and admired his post. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Bodega took the phone out of Vidal’s clutch. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

If I had a phone, I’d just record him or something. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

A parrot can say anything Albert Einstein could say, as well as mimicking the sounds of phones ringing, doors slamming and sirens wailing. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the longest three minutes of my life, Supreme takes his earbuds from his ears, unplugs them from my phone, and hands my phone back to me. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Too bad she doesn’t have a phone,” I reminded my sisters. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

They talked for another minute, my father clicked off the phone, and we high-fived. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He’s scratched out her phone number and the addresses he’d written down for her at Oxford and in Maine. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Singleton asked Briana about a phone call that took place just a week earlier, the night before their previous interview of her. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Through a buggy twilight, I walked to the pay phone, which was drilled into the wall between Rooms 44 and 45. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He gave her phone numbers to call if she needed help. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

While Delmar was finishing the secretary of interior speech, the phone rang in the Studio One control room. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

But the lieutenant just nodded, cogitated a bit, and then picked up the phone. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is known that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation wanted to interview Bobby for a documentary: He demanded $5,000 just to discuss it over the phone, with no promises of anything else. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And I hear the other phone click off. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door isn’t even finished closing when a notification pops up on his phone. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I just got off the phone with Mason Crew Collections, which is a furniture store,” Mr. Shephard says. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

She plugged my phone in the wall and put the sketchbook and pencils on the roller tray-table next to the chicken tenders I now wasn’t going to be eating. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She was crying hysterically, she still wanted to phone the police, she wanted to have me arrested for kidnapping. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The latter would simply smile, quietly pick up the phone and threaten to call the police, and we would leave. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The response is nearly instant as I scan the other trainees to see if anyone picks up their phone. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She was talking on her phone as we climbed into the car, her braids hanging down over the back of her seat. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Very soon after his arrival, he telegraphed me his phone number at a motel. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m about to ask about Charlie again when I hear the buzz of Mama’s phone ringing. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

On the phone this morning, she told her mom and Malcolm that she didn’t want to think about her graduation, that she wanted this to be like any other day, but now she’s overcome. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Mom finally came in from the kitchen to answer the phone. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll give you my number, and we can make plans over the phone.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

At the top of the stairs that led to the beach Dri and I found Stef s phone, along with her jeans. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a while, my phone played “The Flight of the Bumblebee,” so I looked at the caller ID. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She asked Ivy about school and everything, but she always sounded so tired, and one time she had to hand the phone off to Dad because Aaron started crying. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Nearly every one of them had a cell phone out, recording the epic event. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Commonwealth said Sheriff Smith had lots of threatening letters and phone calls from people in Chicago and Mississippi. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

They were leaving the dining room when the phone rang. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She turned it off again and called Zeitoun on his cell phone. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Mom pushes past me into the family room, picks up her phone, and heads upstairs. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I’m still working as a waitress, as I mentioned in my previous phone call. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Every day I waited for a knock on the door, a phone call, a look of fear across Jawad Sahib's face. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I took out the piece of notepaper with Peggy’s number from my shirt pocket, unfolded it, and placed it next to the phone. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

That’s when I noticed several flashes and looked out to see a few people crouched around the stage with cameras, and some in the audience were recording the whole thing with their phones. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I was extremely careful not to make any noise as I took the phone out of all of its protections. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Can you find her for me? Maybe get her phone number?” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since he was suspended from school for a week, Jake spent Monday morning alone in his room, studying the treasure map image on his phone, trying to learn Spanish from online videos. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

They didn't have a phone, so I would have to wait a bit longer to see Mother and Papa Will and Grandma and Conrad. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Mrs. F comes in from the kitchen with a phone to her ear. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I tried her cell phone, but there was no answer. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

She frowned and crawled out from under the table with her cell phone in hand, then surveyed everything around her. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“We probably wouldn’t even know about this except people had their phones out, recording.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

While waiting for morning, she got her mother’s phone and searched the web for any mention of Reginald Bradley. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I was irritated enough to tell him, but then the black phone rang. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Get on the phone to Brown Thomas. The platinum set number. Reopen my account. Tell Hélène I want a Yuletide makeover. The works.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

As soon as Mom hung up the phone with the counselor, I could tell something was wrong. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

He remained guarded and wary, especially about work and bosses, and he was never comfortable talking on the phone, but he was gracious, appreciative and, at times, surprisingly warm. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Off the phone,” I yell so he can hear. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

But when phone use by drivers continued, even grew, he was forced to reach another conclusion, one that vexed him. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Now she said, “Emily, I think I know who grabbed Patrick’s phone and sent your picture to David Marcel.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Natalie had stopped talking and was watching Chess stare at his mom’s phone. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

And her mom had a sister she talked often with on the phone, but it had been years since they saw her. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Teddy listened to the phone at his ear. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither of them spoke, and in that pocket of silence, the phone on the desk rang. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Well, I was setting the table, so when I heard the phone I asked one of the boys to answer it—Paul. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not a subject to discuss over the phone. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

"Yeah, I know. She probably would've got on the phone and snitched on me to Ma." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got the perfect dog for you,” I say when he answers the phone. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Janae pulls out her phone and spends a couple of minutes scrolling. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Well, for starters, I’ll be going to the white high school this year. I was speechless. I squeezed the phone in my hand. “Are you sure you wanna do that?” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And about you suddenly not returning my phone calls and never being home.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

This seemed way too modern and creepy—a monster using a mobile phone. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He hands me his phone, and I tap the screen on. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Reggie was right there on the bed, where she had left him, facing the wall, his phone on the bed, behind him. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

In the hallway, the man told Reggie there was a phone call for him. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I overheard Gay trying to calm down Georgia over the phone: “They love to wave the red flag in the bullring. But you don’t have to react.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She pulled out her phone and searched his name, looking for images. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m really sorry, but it’s time for me to get off the phone.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He motions to one of two phones on the table. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She found Ms. Hussey standing alone, her back to the door, talking on a cell phone. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

We don’t dare use Fina’s flashlight or even our phones, because if my pen pal does come, they’d be able to spot the light from a mile off. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

And when Benji’s phone buzzed with an incoming text message, he hung up with a quick goodbye. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t dare add more, here on my phone, which is surely tapped. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

"I thought so, too," Ty says, so quiet the orange phone garbles his voice. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

And for a full minute, I sit frozen, staring at the screen of my phone. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Mom finishes dressing her oatmeal, whisks her phone out of her pocket, and leans back in her seat to take a picture of our breakfast table. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

What if the man on the phone had killed her husband and robbed the house and moved in? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I take my phone out of my backpack. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“The University of Utah study linking drunk driving or cell phone usage is patently ridiculous. It’s inaccurate, and I can prove it to you right now.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Everything in East Hampden was dark and deserted, even the Boulder Tap; the only light for miles around seemed to be the light shimmering around the pay phone in front. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But she was alone, staring at her phone. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She gave me three phone numbers: her father; her oldest brother, Lawrence; and her brother David Jr.’s pager. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

On the school steps, a couple of boys do the “Wipe Me Down” dance as Milez goes “Swag, swag, swag” on one of their phones. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Frank is glowering at me like he’s going to grab the phone back any second. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Because we didn’t have a phone, the midwife called Grandma-down-the-hill, who walked up the hill, tired and ornery, and barked that it was time for Mother to go “play doctor.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I didn't like using my room phone except for ordering food. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“This is why you don’t lend your phone out on April Fools’ Day, Simon.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“How long has he been on the phone?” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Then, as I walked away from the office to do so, the ringing phone summoned me back again. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Got a little bit a news today,” Minny say on the phone. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He ran out of the house, Mark and Linda yelling after him, and was in the car and halfway down the street before he realized that he hadn’t grabbed his phone. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“If you just keep cheering me on and taking my late-night phone calls then I’ll be okay, Mommy. I promise,” I said. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Before I can comment about how weird he’s acting, he hands me the phone and a phone number scrawled on a sky-blue piece of notepaper. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I hung up the phone and went back to the classroom. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Set a timer on a cell phone, watch, or oven; punch in three minutes; and see what you can do. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

The only phone nearby was in the other direction from the church, up at Ma Paulie’s store. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she answered the phone, Ian spilled out an emotional apology, expressing his deep regret and remorse. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

You sneak your phone out while he’s glued to some book by a guy named Rousseau, who, ironically, according to Wikipedia, is quoted as having said, I hate books. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

There were four phones attached to the account. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It turned out that Richie hadn't paid the phone bill, and it got disconnected. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The girl whips her phone around, holding it to her chest, with her face twisted in confusion. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I handed the phone to Frankie before she could say anything else. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I slip my phone out of view just as Miss McDaniels looks up from her clipboard. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

But the second that I hung up the phone, everything clicked and I realized what she had told me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She sets her alarm, but then turns the face of the phone away. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Seven had shut her phone off in annoyance the night before, not wanting to deal with any taunts from Valley. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Heaven help me, this is what we’ve come to. Take down my cell phone number. The very first sign of trouble, ye text me your coordinates and I’ll be right there, tracking device or not.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She dropped the phone down on the table. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He puts his phone back in his pocket and doesn’t answer. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I check my bracelets, my keys, my phone, my wallet. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I don’t think so,” Mom’s saying into the phone. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Did Donovan want the phone because he had no car keys and needed a ride? Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

We were still just learning how things could change in a minute—how you could be in the middle of putting plates on the table when the phone rings with bad news. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

And her mom had a sister she talked often with on the phone, but it had been years since they saw her. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Big Tony was remembering the Google search he’d done to find a certain phone number. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

On his way out he walked past the ringing phone with determined indifference, and then hesitated. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

E.J. is awake but still lying down, looking at his phone. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Give the number of a pay phone where the friend can call in a few minutes.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Lara pulls out her phone and starts tapping away at the screen. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He squinched up, giggling, as she pawed at his phone. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

My mother is on the phone with Grandma downstairs. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I nodded again, checking out what was online with my phone. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

While I was by the phone, I couldn’t help but notice that there must have been about twelve bullet holes in the side of the car. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I pull up the app on my phone and start scrolling through her friends list. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

My parents still hadn’t bought me a new phone. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He seemed mildly content as he checked his phone and traded a few words with the old man ringing him up at the cash register. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’ll be phoning Mr. Frost's house over and over to find out when I’m going to get back. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Mother and I spoke only once about that conversation, on the phone, a week later. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

"Well, boys, we’ve just been scooped," he told his colleagues as he hung up the phone. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Patrick and Sam have a cordless phone which always runs out of batteries, and Sam’s mom sounded like a mom in the Peanuts cartoons. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She passed Bridge her phone under the table. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She was supposed to exchange phone numbers, talk for longer, behave in all the expected ways. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She looked as if her phone had been ringing continually ever since she had reached puberty. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad called regularly from pay phones to check up on us, and once or twice a month, we’d all get together at Lori’s. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tad looked back down at his phone and hit send. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I was coordinating the actions in different parts of the country, and talking by phone with regional leaders. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fact: Only 36 percent of US homes still have both landlines and cell phones. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Back in the main office, a secretary ran the attendance sheets through a machine and a recorded call went out to the parents’ home phone, alerting them about their truant children. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He checked his phone and smiled at me and Vega. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The young people work in little teams under the banner of the company whose phone support they are providing. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Hello,” Eloise said into the phone, without having turned the overhead light on. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He paces back over to the door and slides his phone out of his messenger bag, thumbs open his messages. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Just as I felt myself finally drifting off, my phone buzzed. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Since only three Maulls were listed in the phone book, he found our number and called us. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When she goes into the stall, I grab the phone and slide the home screen open before it locks. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“No we don’t,” Mr. Gonzalez answered in a shrill voice and slammed the phone down. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

His assistant popped up next to him and took pictures with his phone, furiously typing after every picture. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s early,” Nora is saying, thumbing through her phone as she climbs out behind him in a plunging black jumpsuit and killer heels. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I pick up my phone again, reopening the Last Friend app. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“We’ve been calling. We couldn’t get through. The phone, it’s off the hook or something.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t have keys or Clorox wipes, only my phone. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She starts yelling, but by that time, my phone is off my ear. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He reached into my pocket and took out my cell phone. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I sighed and tossed my phone across my bed. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Mother was in the kitchen when I arrived, stirring a stew with one hand and with the other holding the phone and explaining the properties of motherwort. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Dropping the phone in the human innards bucket!” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

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

I slip out of bed, open the drawer and take out the phone. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple took a breath and opened the e-mail app on her phone. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Well,” Nora says, “Nate Silver won’t stop blowing up my phone for another column. Bought some new curtains. Narrowed down the list of grad school concentrations to statistics or data science.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I take out my phone, pull up the song, and hit Play. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Just laughs some more and hangs up the phone. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

When I get there, Frank is in his usual spot, but now Lenny is also there, sitting on the couch surrounded by classifieds with the phone cradled between his shoulder and his ear. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

"I figured you weren't allowed to talk on the phone . . . after that time with your stepdad." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

A group of guys gather and try to snap pictures with their phones. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Her voice was so dull on the phone. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

And as if on cue, my phone rings. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

By then I’d spotted Callum sitting by himself on a bench, his hoodie zipped up to his chin, staring at his phone. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Another hunter phoned in the alert before you.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I stop reading, cradle the phone against my chest, and close my eyes. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now, her hair braider had a cell phone, the plantain seller tending a blackened grill had a cell phone. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Even though I know there is nothing there but the too-small-to-steal phone numbers, I dig my hands into my pockets. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I look away from my phone, thinking that my eyes must be deceiving me. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I wiped my hands on my apron and grabbed my phone. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I mean the battery in her phone—dead battery. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one noticed; they worked for a public radio station, in the fund-raising department, and were surrounded by people who spent all day on the phone, soliciting pledges. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Her phone was vibrating, Ranyinudo calling, and ordinarily she would have waited until the meeting was over to call her back. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

A man gets on the bus, his cell phone in his hand, and he is playing music for the entire bus, holding his phone up like it’s an eighties boom box. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

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

After calling into work sick for the night, I turn my phone off and decide to keep it that way for the entire evening. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know when we’d get to talk on the phone again, but we agreed to keep writing letters. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, the phone rings twice before noon, and—more out of claustrophobia than any serious economic calculation—I accept the first two jobs that are offered. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ran to a phone booth in the hall and called Harding Bancroft, the paper’s executive vice president. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I arranged my first real kiss, in fact, over the phone. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He kept talking for a while, but I finally got off the phone with him. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

And then, on the first page, marked by a red ribbon, I notice something written, lightly, in pencil, and a phone number underneath it. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She puts the phone down on the counter. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, Mom is sitting at the kitchen table on the phone, taking notes in a bedazzled notebook. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“What happens if someone calls and the phone’s off?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The man raised his hands; he was holding a small phone. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I’m on the phone,” I said, even though I had not yet dialed. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I tried the house phone and got the machine. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

In the kitchen, the phone was off the hook. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I need to talk to David. Can you get me a phone again, maybe?” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

That’s when I begin to understand that the phone isn’t going to ring. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I know you are a very private individual, but perhaps we could speak on the phone at your earliest convenience? How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Momma leaves with the phone, and I turn onto my side. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

A silence would follow, a wordlessness over the phone line that told him that it was his problem, not theirs. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, not that exact one, I guess, but the heart just like it on Mom’s phone...” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Thoughts of the past years, the seven years since that summer phone call made my mom cry. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The red light on Burton’s phone blinked in the corner of her vision. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I shouldn’t keep you,” Olanna repeated, and placed the phone down. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Cell phones surreptitiously removed from pockets to film the spectacle. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He could tell she was holding the phone away from her. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

On Thursday, day seven, before I even left for work, my phone ring. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“This is my daughter, Brianna, the student who was assaulted. May we have a moment of your time now since you won’t return my phone calls?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Madmen loose in the world,” his father muttered, standing there with his hand on the phone. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hung up the phone and turned off the TV, my scalp tingling like the static inside the blackened television. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

My mother got a phone call on the night it happened from Mrs. Williams. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

They do not have each other’s phone numbers. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But he’s at the steering wheel, intensely staring at his phone, oblivious to my shut-the-hell-up face. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Mami is standing by the kitchen window, chopping lettuce and talking with her brothers on the phone. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I did as she asked, handing over my cell phone. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I stare at the screen of my phone, wondering how I can possibly wriggle out of this. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

After lunch and several more phone calls, the president went to his office at 4:30 p.m., where his top military advisors joined him. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

After it was heating on the stove for a minute, I could hear Mom’s phone ring, and her answering, but I couldn’t make out the words. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her wide eyes dart to the phone on the other side of the kitchen, but she doesn’t move an inch. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He had moved to New York only a month ago, had tried to look her up but the phone is listed under NikhiPs last name. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Saidy suggested that there was an actual plot to keep Fischer from becoming World Champion, and this involved the wiretapping of his parents’ phone. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He bounded up the stairs, away from his parents talking in the kitchen, and picked up the phone. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Dad mumbled something about finding a phone to call the insurance company while Dr. Somerset started toward another family. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When my phone rings, I think it’s Kristina feeling all the bad vibes I’m sending out. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

In reality, she’s already looking down, studying the girl’s phone case. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He knew it was a long shot, he told me during one of our marathon late-night phone sessions, but he wanted to try. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tapped the icon, and the phone’s camera filled the screen. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I hang up the phone and walk out the door. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She set her phone down on a stack of papers and opened up the cupboard with the mugs. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The ringing in my ears finally stops but then the phone rings. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lidia drops the phone on the couch, punching the cushions, scaring Penny. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

When I’d hung up the phone and come outside, he was sitting right where I’d left him, by my backpack in the trees, waiting for me. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Last week, I picked up the phone in my office,” she recalled, “and the woman said who she was, and then said, ‘You don’t remember me, do you?’ Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I stuff my phone and my wallet with the card in it back into my coat pocket and open the door. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She slams the door shut and says, “I need to make a phone call. When you’re finished eating, just go on into the living room and find yourself a book. Understand?” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

And then I wanted to tell her about the phone. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then he went to the phone and started shouting orders again. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

And I closed my eyes and clutched my phone to my chest and felt the room spin around me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Obinze called her at Ranyinudo’s house; she would arrive minutes before he was due to call and sit by the gray rotary phone, waiting for it to ring. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He shoved his phone into the bag, then crouched down. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I pull my phone out, starting to dial. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Then she mutely gestured to a chair and picked up the phone. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She held the phone up to her ear. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I do, then hold the phone between us. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The first thing I did was find a pay phone and call the Lighthouse collect. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I position my phone and click, the skin on my face prickling with heat. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

As soon as she disappears into her room, I punch the words lawyer and Bengaluru into the phone. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

After I’d eaten a few bites of my sandwich, I took out my phone and texted Davis. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Candice had just reached the part where a second bomb went off when the phone rang. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was Tom again, calling from the home phone. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her cell phone number was printed on the back. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I opened up the notification on my phone. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Please, I shouldn’t be here. I committed no crime. But no one knows I’m here. I haven’t gotten a phone call. My wife thinks I’m dead. Can you call her?” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Bring the women’s shoes and phones over to my house in the morning,” Hamza says. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

My phone had been buzzing with a text. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“Oh, that—that’s awesome,” I said, and then quickly got off the phone because I did not want her to hear me cry. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Mama hangs up the phone and tosses it onto the seat. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I jerk myself away from Jake and wrap my arms around David’s neck and whisper, “Your phone. Instagram. Now.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She was in the bathroom—on the phone. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Pri was looking all over the place for you. I don’t even know why they haven’t given you a phone by now,” he says. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She charges her phone, raises the volume, and changes into an old T-shirt of Rufus’s and her shorts. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Ice was dressed down and he had his cellular phone and his beeper working. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

And the cell phone—with all those numbers in its memory. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That makes sense. I’ll just look at the GPS location on my phone, and...” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

They were too afraid to break the news over the phone, and so they waited for his closest childhood friend to be able to tell him in person. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

They passed doorway after doorway revealing grown-ups hunched in front of computers or talking on the phone, messy stacks of paper piled around them. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I can hear the grip she got on the phone, sound like she trying to crush it in her hand. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

As we headed through Brooklyn, I used Annabeth’s phone to call my mom. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I checked my phone: twenty-one minutes until band. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She asked to borrow a phone to call her babcia, so he brought her that, too, waving off her offer to pay them back. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She grabs her phone and looks at the calendar. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z