Jim could hear whom she was phoning.
Source: tatoeba (53235)
Phoning
//ˈfəʊnɪŋ//
Synonyms for "phoning" (137 found)
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Related words (68)
monophthongmorphophonememouthpiecemutenasalnoiseocclusiveoptophonepalatalparasitic vowelpay stationpeakpharyngealpharyngealizationphonemeplosiveprothetic vowelpublic telephonepush-button telephoneradiophone
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radiotelephonereceiverretroflexringring offring upsegmental phonemesemivowelsonancesonantsonoritysoundsound intensity levelsound propagationsound wavespeech soundstopsurdsyllabic nucleussyllabic peaksyllabletelephone boothtelephone engineeringtelephone extensiontelephone mechanicstelephone receivertelephonicstelephonytransition soundtransmittransmittertriphthongultrasoundvelarvocablevocalicvocoidvoicevoiced soundvoiceless soundvoicingvowelwall telephone
Verb(1 words)
Noun(4 words)
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Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
He'll be out at lunch now, so there's no point phoning straight away.
Source: tatoeba (296459)
He keeps on phoning me, and I really don't want to talk to him.
Source: tatoeba (297689)
And so it seems she tried phoning but it's who was on the other end of that phone that was the problem.
Source: tatoeba (327174)
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