How to Use radio in a Sentence

radio

1 of 2 noun
  • I heard the news on the radio.
  • I listen to the radio all the time.
  • The news was sent by radio.
  • There's a problem with the car's radio.
  • The radio was playing very loudly.
  • The pilot's radio wasn't working.
  • Well, that just used to be the radio.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 6 Feb. 2026
  • That’s what makes radio and sports talk.
    — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 May 2026
  • The swinger of the radio, the boss with the hot sauce!
    — Justin Adams, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • But when the lessons were over, the radios were thrown away.
    — John Lauritsen, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • What was left, Sweat says, was the radio.
    — Michael Copley, NPR, 28 Aug. 2025
  • His messages on the radio are so calm.
    — Luke Smith, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • The radio played them, not you and your style of music.
    — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2026
  • So my most famous song couldn’t be played on the radio.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2026
  • All those dots are radio stations around the world.
    — Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 22 Feb. 2026
  • My cousin was taping the radio shows.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Time will tell whether country radio agrees.
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
  • That's not a normal radio rant.
    — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
  • Gary makes good on his promise and builds a radio for Teri.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Atlanta is on the radio map of the world today.
    — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The full lineup of singers and bands can be found at the radio's website.
    — Finch Walker, USA Today, 15 May 2026
  • Ed told an Australian radio show.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
  • His voiceover work spans many radio stations across the country.
    — Richard Wagoner, Daily News, 25 May 2026
  • Kizzi tells him no, then radios Nathan to double check and tells them no again.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2025
  • In no world should her boss be trying to talk her off a ledge over the radio during a race.
    — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
  • It’s landed here with much the same lineup—radio, records, art, and drinks.
    — Andrea Strong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Harmon also had a voice for radio.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 11 May 2026
  • What makes radio relevant in our lives is not just the music.
    — Richard Wagoner, Daily News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • To that end, Murphy says a full radio push is part of the equation.
    — Trevor Anderson, Billboard, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Rodgers recalled hearing one of those songs on the radio a year later.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025

radio

2 of 2 verb
  • The pilot radioed in to the control tower.
  • The police radioed a report back to the station.
  • The stranded sailors were radioing for help.
  • The police radioed for backup.
  • They radioed the Coast Guard for help.
  • Shults radioed to air traffic controllers, not a hint of alarm in her voice.
    — Matthew Haag, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Dill radioed up instructions on the best time for that dump, and all was well.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 2 Apr. 2026
  • This data is radioed back to the aircraft.
    — Brian Tang, The Conversation, 18 May 2026
  • Apolinar tried to radio for help, but one of the bullets had sliced her tongue apart.
    — NBC News, 27 Mar. 2022
  • The trooper radioed his colleagues to be on the lookout for the car.
    — David Goodhue march 9, Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The chief radioed for another truck.
    — Jermont Terry, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • An officer who caught up to the intruder tried to radio for help, but couldn’t.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 11 May 2021
  • Arvid put the guard in a headlock and held him down, but the guard still managed to radio for help, the report said.
    — Gabrielle Russon, orlandosentinel.com, 16 Nov. 2020
  • The deputy radioed to dispatchers that she was injured and needed help.
    — Christopher Kuhagen, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2020
  • The officers followed and radioed their plans to do a traffic stop.
    — Charlotte Observer, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Every boat that passed had to radio in and identify itself.
    — Danielle Bacher, PEOPLE, 13 Dec. 2025
  • Other squadron crews radioed frantically for the crew to bail out.
    — oregonlive, 24 May 2020
  • The mob radioed for help and the call was answered by a horde of angry whites from as far away as Tampa.
    — Stephen Hudak, OrlandoSentinel.com, 21 Apr. 2018
  • Officials tried to radio to the crew and tell them to move back to unrestricted air space.
    — Erin B. Logan, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2023
  • The officer was able to radio for help, saying a suspect had taken his gun.
    — Paul Duggan, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
  • Reuter followed and the officer stopped and radioed for backup.
    — Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The plane lifts off, and the dispatcher radios the coordinates of the fire.
    — Mark Jenkins, National Geographic, 12 June 2019
  • After the driver sped away, Merrill was able to radio deputies for backup.
    — Fox News, 17 Sep. 2020
  • Among the 13 onboard were two pilots who radioed the tower about a problem.
    — Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2019
  • Then, when the two ships were no longer in sight of each other, Schirra radioed a final transmission.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 11 May 2026
  • James Arvid, 18, put the guard in a headlock and held him down, but the guard still managed to radio for help.
    — Gabrielle Russon, orlandosentinel.com, 30 Dec. 2020
  • Relyea stepped back and radioed in that the man had a knife and asking for additional units, the report read.
    — Nicholas Rondinone, courant.com, 12 July 2019
  • An officer radioed that Vaughn was reaching into his pants.
    — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Mack radioed the bus operations center for help.
    — Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 2 June 2026
  • After getting stuck in the mud, the troops radioed for assistance and then disabled that equipment.
    — Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 10 May 2018

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