How to Use callback in a Sentence

callback

noun

• She got constant callbacks from the salesman even after she asked him to stop calling.
• If he used better materials, he wouldn't have so many callbacks.
• Levine is quick to point out that Chance and Clay’s jump to musical theater was once commonplace, a callback to a time when popular music and theater went hand-in-hand.
  — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2024
• Dance for the show will be done as part of the callback process Feb. 24-25.
  — Mark Rapp, cleveland.com, 1 Feb. 2018
• Callbacks — like the Troll Doll from the first Guardians movie — abound.
  — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 8 Apr. 2017
• That’s when Mintz-Plasse came in the room for a third callback.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 17 Aug. 2022
• And because every number is loaded with callbacks and foreshadowings, both musically and lyrically, the rangy story is tied into a very tight thematic bundle.
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
• These were callbacks to some of the past opening shows over the last 30 years.
  — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 June 2024
• Is Swift's fake bob a callback to 1989 ahead of the rerelease?
  — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 12 Oct. 2023
• The tossing of buckets of chum in the second film is a callback to the use of it in the first.
  — Mark Kennedy, Detroit Free Press, 15 Aug. 2019
• The looks were a great callback to the moto-tinged days of Y2K fashion.
  — André-Naquian Wheeler, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2022
• But two days later, Bay reached out to me to read for a callback.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 22 June 2017
• And the day before the final callback, my mom passed away.
  — Kerry Lengel, azcentral, 15 May 2018
• Pie Jesu,’ was a callback to her choir days as a child.
  — Michael Williams, orlandosentinel.com, 13 June 2019
• The callback for the part of Sergio was on Wednesday, the day before at 3:00p.m.
  — Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2024
• Lawrence jokes in a callback to Issa's job in the first season.
  — Anika Reed, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2021
• In the first episode, there are a lot of little callbacks to the original.
  — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
• The video for the song is a callback to the drama and glamor of 18th century France.
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 14 Apr. 2021
• Gwynn’s heroics in the opener were a bit of a callback to what happened at the end of the 2017 season.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 May 2018
• The wines being served are made stateside, but again with a callback to France.
  — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2022
• The first line of the song is a fitting callback to the first line of Fearless’s title track, which opens the album.
  — Justin Curto, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2021
• To be sure, not all Disney callbacks are sure-fire hits.
  — Rebecca Rubin, chicagotribune.com, 19 July 2019
• Many shows have used finales as callbacks to their very first episodes.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 22 Sep. 2024
• Consider this guest spot a callback to that movie, a nice nod for fans.
  — Allegra Frank, Vox, 2 July 2019
• This scene is more of a fun little callback to an earlier scene in the movie.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 5 May 2022
• There are plenty of callbacks and Easter eggs for fans of the series.
  — Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 5 June 2024
• As a callback to the old days of Pokémon, Pikachu is an obvious choice.
  — Megan Farokhmanesh, The Verge, 30 May 2018
• The callback has affected four brands: Tide, Gain, Ace and Ariel.
  — Emilee Coblentz, The Courier-Journal, 5 Apr. 2024
• There have been rumors that someone from your season might get a callback for 50.
  — Nick Caruso, TVLine, 12 Dec. 2024
• The first episode of Dexter-the-killer’s origin story is an endless callback to the original series that is sure to delight the most devoted of Dexter fans.
  — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Feb 2025