Sentence examples for over the dial from inspiring English sources

You just say the name you want, right over the dial tone -- upstairs, downstairs, all around the house.

If there was a complaint among the riders, it was that they had no control over the dial.

Surveys show people want to forget it, or at least not have it thrust down their throats from all over the dial annually.

Elizabeth Dole and Erskine B. Bowles are all over the dial in North Carolina, attacking each other as heartless hypocrites and tools of big business in 30-second fusillades from the "Today" program to "The Late Show".

The pregame radio shows — and they are all over the dial in East Tennessee — reflected the restlessness of the Volunteers fans on the other side of the Fulmer debate.

Must-See TV, if You Can Find It M.L.S. games will be all over the dial (as people of a certain age used to say) … on ESPN, Galavision, TSN in Canada, the league's iPad/iPhone apps and new this season … the NBC Sports Network (the debut game is Sunday at 3 p.m. Eastern as the Red Bulls travel to Dallas).

MTV and VH1 have dialed down the over-the-top extravaganzas like "My Super Sweet 16" for more uplifting fare like "T.

Nevertheless, markets will obsess over every tweak of the dial.

Too hot, too cold, just right – Americans may differ over where to set the dial but they agree air conditioning is integral to modern life.

A majority of Americans "still get their news and culture over the broadcast dial," said Hannah Sassaman, a longtime advocate of community radio.

I know - but the section on Welsh films is genius when you're pissed (Nine and a Half Leeks, Bridge over the River Wye, Dial M for Merthyr, etc) and it's the sort of book you can dip in and out of.