Sentence examples for phoning around for from inspiring English sources

There are a lot of theories, of course, many of which I heard after I started phoning around for advice.

From having attended a few of the Stop & Shop gatherings, Aaron knew some of the car crowd, and, while phoning around for something to do, he learned about the birthday party at the Martins'.

This time, my father felt she couldn't and phoned around for a hostel that would take her.

Claudia Roden writes in her Book of Jewish Food that "when I phoned around for tips to improve my bagels, I found that most people now use an egg in the dough, which makes the bread lighter, softer and less chewy than the traditional version".

After she was told that rival Chinese gang members were inside, her companions regrouped at a crash pad in El Monte, phoned around for weapons and returned to the party.

Local authorities in England are having to "phone around" to find secure placements for girls at risk of child sexual exploitation, a report says.

On a weekend break in Amsterdam, Derek thought it would be amusing to call the James Whale Show from a Jacuzzi in a brothel, and pass the phone around for prostitutes to say hello.

I've been carrying the phone around for a few days now, and it fits in my pocket every bit as comfortably as the 5.5-inch iPhone 7+.

Chromebooks can now automatically unlock themselves when your phone is around, for example, and incoming phone calls and text messages will now trigger notifications on Chrome OS.

Attempting to blot out memories of a man who deserted her, she succeeds only in transferring this longing to the next fellow: "Even though she barely liked the nameless stranger, she carried the phone around the house for weeks and prayed for the damn thing to ring".

I'm supposed to carry a phone around every day for the rest of my life on the off chance that something awful might happen?