How to Use answering machine in a Sentence

answering machine

noun

• I haven't spoken to him yet, but he left a message on my answering machine.
• My parents called the parents of the boy across the street and played them the answering machine tape.
  — Emily Meg Weinstein, Longreads, 20 Apr. 2018
• If no one is present, a message can be left on the answering machine.
  — courant.com, 6 Apr. 2022
• Let people go to the answering machine or leave a note.
  — Ling Ma, The New Yorker, 4 July 2022
• The voice mail greeting on his answering machine said it was turned off.
  — John Reinan, Star Tribune, 1 Aug. 2020
• Mark McGrath calls his ex, gets her answering machine, begs her to come back.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2021
• One of the Janes had an early version of an answering machine that was kept in someone’s closet on a reel-to-reel.
  — Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 14 May 2022
• This Is John,’’ about a man struggling to record a coherent answering machine message, for just $3 — the cost of a blank tape.
  — Sonia Rao, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2018
• Two names still on the recorded message of a home answering machine in Dennis.
  — Evan Allen and Beth Teitell, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Mar. 2021
• Don’t click on links in the message, or call phone numbers that are left on your answering machine, either.
  — baltimoresun.com, 27 Aug. 2019
• Only 7,589 of the calls were answered; the rest either didn’t connect, went to an answering machine, or hit a busy signal.
  — Joaquin Palomino, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Jan. 2018
• The office phone rang, and for a moment, Ms. Faust considered letting the call go to her answering machine.
  — Chelsia Rose Marcius, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2023
• Her parents weren’t home, so Kristin left a voicemail on their answering machine.
  — Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2023
• After an hour-long drive home, there were two messages on my answering machine.
  — Gary Trust, Billboard, 19 Dec. 2019
• Snail mail has gone the way of folding maps, modems, floppy disks, video tapes, answering machines, pay phones, typewriters, pagers and books.
  — Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2018
• Berry, who is now eighty-four, does not own a computer or a cell phone, and his landline is not connected to an answering machine.
  — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 29 May 2019
• Not long afterward, my boyfriend and I were awakened in the middle of the night by that distinctive monotone drawling on the answering machine, agreeing to do the project.
  — Molly Ringwald, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
• The text message string between the mother and son came after a voicemail was left on the Crumbleys' answering machine.
  — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 9 Feb. 2022
• There also is an answering machine taking calls at all times.
  — Roxanne Washington, cleveland, 5 Oct. 2019
• For anyone old enough to have owned an answering machine, this is a delightful throwback.
  — Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2023
• Hours before her killing, the friend said, Patrice had left angry voicemails on his answering machine, threatening to expose the tryst.
  — John H. Tucker, Popular Mechanics, 10 Nov. 2022
• Blake Bailey is breathless, having ascended two flights of stairs in trying to grab the phone before the answering machine kicks in.
  — Michael Granberry, Dallas News, 8 Apr. 2021
• In some cases, people get an answering machine or a busy signal.
  — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Apr. 2018
• In the beginning, the answering machine would explain how to contact the two clergy on call for an in-person appointment.
  — Becca Andrews, The New Republic, 3 Oct. 2022
• The only real-world information provided comes in code: When the phone rings downstairs, the children lie with their ears pressed to the floor to make out the messages on the answering machine.
  — New York Times, 15 Aug. 2019
• After a few rings, her old school answering machine answered.
  — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2021
• A few days before Christmas, a message was left on the Meeker Mansion’s answering machine.
  — Allison Needles, The Seattle Times, 3 Jan. 2018
• Stanke says his greatest discovery came through the answering machine tapes.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 13 Dec. 2021
• Jamie's answering machine recording sounded like a snowglobe or music box was in the background.
  — Rosie Knight, refinery29.com, 1 June 2021
• Wordless messages were left on my answering machine, but those ended after a few days.
  — Hiromi Kawakami, The New Yorker, 3 July 2023

Last Updated: 1 Dec 2024