Sentence examples for dials to pick from inspiring English sources

After attending Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, where he would be flicking the radio dials to pick up reports from inter-island games in the West Indies, the young Tony soon followed in his father's footsteps.

The hour markers were pearled, and milled into the champagne dial to pick up its brass hue.

At 10 minutes past the hour, the retrograde function activates, and the minute hand makes a counter-clockwise journey backward around the dial to pick up the minute count at the 20-minute marker.

I was likely not the only one uninterested in having a holly jolly ol' time, but that didn't do anything to change the fact that our driver had just adjusted the FM dial to pick up "Santa Baby".

As Bishop once said: "Frank regularly calls Dial-A-Prayer to pick up his messages".

The unit can sync with standard PC calendar software and dial Internet providers directly to pick up mail, but the browser is strictly WAP.

When I found myself cornered by a phone, I didn't hesitate to pick it up and dial 911.

"If I wanted to pick up the phone and dial Richard Branson, I could.

My first instinct was to pick up the phone and dial Paula's number.

This ad prompts you to pick up your phone and dial their business.

Pick two colours, then use two dials to direct your cursor.