Sentence examples for for the dials from inspiring English sources

Following upon the invention of the domestic table clock and of the watch in the 16th century, enamelling became one of the most popular forms of decoration for the dials and cases; by the 18th century, items of the drawing room, such as snuffboxes, etuis (cases for small articles like scissors and needles), tea caddies, candlesticks, scent bottles, and thimbles, were frequently made of enamel.

Reviewing "Observations" for The Dial, Williams wrote, "This is new!

Errol reached for the dial and wound around until he found a ranting evangelist.

As for those who go for the dial-up-and-order-in option, "they lose out," she said.

The Internet service provider EarthLink has been named as a potential bidder for the dial-up access business.

_(Many of the ads themselves looked like stripped, bandwidth-optimized Web sites for the dial-up era).

For the dial of the men's watch, the Midnight Poetic Wish, a young man standing on a terrace of Notre Dame moves toward the center.

To combat the problem, Sega.com, the online-entertainment company founded by Sega Enterprises Ltd. in Japan, created SegaNet just for the dial-up-modem game-playing environment.

As for the dial-holders, who sat scattered through the audience, the chance to play armchair producer was a treat, even for those who were cool to the show.

The venerable Western Electric 500 telephone — you know, the boxy one with the slanted face for the dial or, later, touch pad — was developed in 1949 and remained one of the most popular models through the 1980s.

Radio executives and analysts say that the pressure to reduce chatter, or anything that could send listeners reaching for the dial, has been intensified by a recent switch to more precise methods of calculating ratings.