How to Use mobile phone in a Sentence

mobile phone

noun
  • Why is a mobile phone not a risk?
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Alderete snapped pictures of the scene with his mobile phone.
    — Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News, 10 May 2021
  • Most of the world right now will do e-commerce on a mobile phone.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 10 May 2026
  • There isn’t a chain store or mobile phone to be seen in the images.
    — Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2024
  • If so, why not take an old pair of jeans and use one leg to make a mobile phone stand.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Use a note-taking app or the notes function on your mobile phone.
    — Ashley Stahl, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Keep this on your mobile phone and consult it when shopping for plants.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2021
  • Then at one point, a mobile phone went off and the person answered it.
    — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Kyril has grown up with the mobile phone and social media.
    — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Dash didn’t answer calls to his mobile phone or respond to emails.
    — Nicolas Parasie, Bloomberg.com, 5 Oct. 2020
  • Your mobile phone never needs to leave your pocket.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The judge ordered him to obtain a mobile phone so that he can be reached at all times.
    — Holly Bailey, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Oct. 2020
  • There’s of course now the fact that most people see fashion shows on their mobile phone.
    — Noah Johnson, GQ, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Using your mobile phone is going to be a challenge to get that moon to look big.
    — Mike De Sisti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2018
  • Gazans are used to waking in the middle of the night to wash their clothes and charge their mobile phones.
    — The Economist, 17 May 2018
  • The idea of swiping to find the love of your life (or a one-night stand) on your mobile phone seemed alien.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2025
  • On the day of title game, Hodson says, her mobile phone lit up.
    — Patrick Hruby, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2020
  • Phone calls Quartz made to Zhang’s mobile phone went unanswered.
    — Mary Hui, Quartz, 22 Jan. 2020
  • Or mobile phones or whatnot, and there’s a need to protect the data.
    — Eric Johnson, Recode, 15 Oct. 2018
  • Charles played the mobile phone game Words with Friends with him every day.
    — Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2020
  • Teens and young adults spend around four hours a day using mobile phones in Korea.
    — Rachel Premack, The Verge, 3 Apr. 2018
  • The mobile phone reigns supreme in our pockets and palms, always ready to connect us to the world.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Picture taken with a mobile phone.
    — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 2 Mar. 2026
  • But these glasses are worthless without a mobile phone.
    — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • First, enter your name, your date of birth, and your email or mobile phone number in the the form on the website.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 20 June 2021
  • The device of choice across Africa is really the mobile phone.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2022
  • While driving, McGee dropped his mobile phone and scrambled to pick it up.
    — Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Clicking the wheel leads fans to a mobile phone number for the star’s headquarters.
    — Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The BlueSky logo is displayed on a mobile phone screen with its icon in back of it.
    — Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 4 June 2026
  • Albi Modise, a spokesman for the ministry, didn’t answer a call to his mobile phone.
    — Antony Sguazzin, Bloomberg.com, 11 Dec. 2019

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