How to Use cell phone in a Sentence

cell phone

noun
Definition of cell phonenext
  • Call me on my cell phone.
  • Others haven’t been so lucky, and some have even been gored by the massive animals while still holding onto their cell phones.
    — Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Many residents in the region received an emergency warning on their cell phones a few seconds before the quake hit.
    — Charles Ventura, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2024
  • One of those inmates took notes, and recorded Garcia Luna with a contraband cell phone, the judge wrote.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Sure enough, the team gets Parker’s SOS text and find his gun, badge, and cell phone at the hospital.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 23 Apr. 2024
  • Court documents state Nevels told investigators that Watkins stole his cell phone.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 23 Jan. 2023
  • On the day of Hoover's murder, Hoover's cell phone traveled from his address to the area of Desmond’s home, Worthy claimed.
    — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Police recovered a handgun and a cell phone belonging to him lying in bushes near where he was arrested, documents said.
    — Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Even my budget home security system has about a $39, wifi enabled water valve that can be operated from my cell phone.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 12 Apr. 2024
  • The district attorney’s office believes that Brittany had her cell phone, iPad and wallet with her, as those items have not yet been recovered.
    — Sarah Portney, NBC News, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Searching for a workaround Michigan student Sana Schaden uses her cell phone’s hotspot to avoid school web filters altogether.
    — Tara García Mathewson and Maria Puertas, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024
  • Watch this 🔥 Not a chew toy: A dog sparked a house fire by gnawing on a portable lithium ion battery used to charge cell phones in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
    — Daniel Wine, CNN, 7 Aug. 2024
  • The victim was able to find her cell phone and call 911.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Lee came in, smacked her cell phone out of the woman’s hand and punched her in her chest.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Her cell phone pinged near the reservoir at about 12:30 A.M., then went dark.
    — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
  • Video of the heist was captured on cell phones in real-time.
    — David McKenzie, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The system can send alerts to cell phones and call landlines.
    — Molly Walsh | Mwalsh@cleveland.com, cleveland, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The actress, who is behind the wheel at the time, holds up her cell phone to show a red hand glove.
    — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2023
  • The woman allegedly told the pair to drop their cell phones, Paulus said.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 5 Oct. 2023
  • When the lights go out and the cell phones go dark, that click and dial tone are often the last resort.
    — Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, The Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2024
  • If your car has stalled in water, climb onto the roof of the car and use a cell phone to dial 911.
    — Mark Debruyckere, The Arizona Republic, 6 June 2024
  • Meanwhile, Tainy checks the cameras from his cell phone in the dressing room.
    — Diego Ortiz, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Others are seen in the video crouching down in stands, some filming the melee with cell phones.
    — USA TODAY, 13 July 2024
  • Fifty years ago this week, the first cell phone call was made on a sidewalk in New York City with a device the size of a brick.
    — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The bill includes a number of exceptions to the ban on holding a cell phone.
    — Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The story is set in 1993, before cell phones and the Internet.
    — Martin Dale, Variety, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Granted, there are no cell phones, some of the residents don’t even have a phone.
    — Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Three minutes later, Paul's cell phone was locked and wasn't used again.
    — People Staff, Peoplemag, 9 Feb. 2023
  • However, what many of them do have is a cell phone — and many more will acquire one in the next few years.
    — G/o Media Studios For Mastercard, Quartz, 8 Mar. 2023
  • At one point, Lindz went to the bathroom, leaving her cell phone with Z, so her date could read some of her work.
    — Francesca Street, CNN, 6 Mar. 2023

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