How to Use cell phone in a Sentence

cell phone

noun
  • Call me on my cell phone.
  • His cell phone was still at home.
    — Veronica Fulton, NBC news, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Right here on my waist is a cell phone.
    — Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 20 May 2026
  • What’s the best age to get your kid a cell phone?
    — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
  • It’s been said that the soul is like a cell phone.
    — Rabbi Bruce D. Forman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
  • What does a pirate use his cell phone for?
    — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
  • What would cell phones look like today?
    — Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Twin Cities, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Then more to warn against using cell phones.
    — New Atlas, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Her cell phone and car were left behind.
    — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 3 Feb. 2026
  • More states are banning cell phones in schools.
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Others had their eyes glued to their cell phones.
    — Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 21 Mar. 2026
  • So what does the science about cell phones say?
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The man grabs her and also takes her cell phone.
    — Jermont Terry, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Fans held their cell phones high and tried to get selfies.
    — Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Before the cell phone app, they were all sketched by hand.
    — Ari Daniel, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The ex-boyfriend took the woman’s cell phone and ran from the area.
    — cleveland, 11 Nov. 2021
  • The silence gives me respite from my cell phone, the news, my work.
    — Jessica Ciencin Henriquez, Kristin Van Ogtrop, Health.com, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Truwit said via cell phone from her home in New York.
    — Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025
  • So, don't expect to use this to grab some quick videos on your cell phone.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Is your cell phone set up for emergencies?
    — News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The system can send alerts to cell phones and call landlines.
    — Molly Walsh | [email protected], cleveland, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Call up our deals page for all the best prices on cell phones, headphones, and more.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 12 June 2025
  • The victim said the person who stabbed him stole his cell phone.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2026
  • Except my cell phone and my wallet.
    — Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
  • In an age when cell phones tell us the time, what else does a watch have to offer?
    — Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Rhymes has been vocal about his disdain for cell phones in the past.
    — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 17 Jan. 2025
  • No portable phones or car phones, much less cell phones for them.
    — Caleb Harris, Austin American Statesman, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Across the country, schools are cracking down on cell phone use.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Canut was caught on cell phone video screaming and throwing things.
    — Meghan Schiller, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Don’t rely solely on your cell phone.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 14 Jan. 2026

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