Sentence examples for dial of an from inspiring English sources
Telephone repairman gave a twist of his screwdriver to the dial of an instrument and said, "I guess that'll prohibt further trouble," "You mean 'prevent'" she corrected him, not prohibit".
Users must find clues in the dark rooms of the haunted hotel — by turning the dial of an old rotary phone or by reading books in the library — to find their way to Suite 850 (the number of a perfect credit score).
By T. R. French and James Thurber The New Yorker, June 13 , 1931 P. 11Telephone repairman gave a twist of his screwdriver to the dial of an instrument and said, "I guess that'll prohibt further trouble," "You mean 'prevent'" she corrected him, not prohibit".
TWIDDLE the dial of a short-wave radio and you never know what you will get.
"It's just like setting the dial of a smoker for 200 degrees".
It was like twiddling the dial of a radio, and getting all the pundits at once.
And it was dark except for the dial of a clock and he counted scintillations for two minutes.
(Like fighter pilots, experienced birders describe the canopy of a tree by comparing it to the dial of a clock).
Snatches of several TV programs, given as though writer were twirling the dial of a set hooked up to every station in Europe.
At one of the parties, Marion Brewster-Wright Deborah Rushh), the boozy, fluting wife of a bank manager, inspecting the dial of a new washing machine that has been neatly installed under a D.I.Y. shelf, says, "What's this?
Often made visible through a cutout on the dial of a modern watch, the showy device was designed to improve the accuracy of pocket watches, which tend to be carried upright.
