Sentence examples similar to all lines went dead from inspiring English sources

When the phone lines went dead during a Mets game late this summer, Manager Terry Collins was forced to use a combination of hand signals and towel-waving to convey which pitchers he wanted to start throwing.

SACRAMENTO, July 27 (AP) — A wind-driven wildfire near the Oregon border is threatening the major power transmission lines between California and the Pacific Northwest, though California grid operators said Thursday that they could reroute electricity if the lines went dead.

Verizon customers who rely on web-based landlines to make calls have eight hours of backup battery power before the lines go dead.

The line went dead.

The phone line went dead.

Then the line went dead.

Then the phone line went dead.

Suddenly, the line went dead.

Then, she said, the line went dead.

Then their internet line went dead.

And then the telephone line went dead.