How to Use text message in a Sentence

text message

noun
  • You'll be kept up-to-date on the process by text message.
    Suzannah Weiss, Glamour, 11 June 2021
  • And every cellphone in the U.S. will get the same text message this week.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2023
  • These are all perfect to write in a card or text message.
    Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 13 Apr. 2023
  • What about her brother, who had sent her the video in a text message?
    Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 4 Aug. 2021
  • In a text message to The Post, the woman declined to comment.
    Shawn Boburg and Jon Swaine, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Sep. 2021
  • Eden’s Homes didn’t respond to a call and text message.
    Lea Skene, Quartz, 22 Apr. 2024
  • Try the same thing, but as an SMS text message instead.
    Andy Meek, BGR, 8 July 2022
  • And the spec sheet contains more acronyms than a teenager’s text message.
    Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Yates, 34, told The Post on Tuesday that he was first made aware of the Greenville listing in a group text message.
    Timothy Bella, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Aug. 2022
  • The Davisville Middle School teacher did not respond to a text message from the Globe.
    Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Jan. 2023
  • DePaoli sent a text message to a group of friends announcing the news.
    oregonlive, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Here, unedited, is what Lee told me via text message that evening.
    Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Or they can be sent to a user's smartphone via text message.
    Alex Veiga, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Feb. 2023
  • What is known, according to the police reports, is the time of Joseph’s last text message.
    Sarah Portney, NBC News, 14 Oct. 2022
  • To name a group text message, everyone in the group needs to be using an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.
    Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 26 Sep. 2023
  • This can be done through a phone call or a text message, for example.
    David Nield, Wired, 7 Nov. 2021
  • Just then a text message came through: a picture from Ben of Julien running up and down the numbered steps.
    Lauren Elkin, Travel + Leisure, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Sign up for text message alerts from the experts at Reviewed.
    Jillian Lucas, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2022
  • David Velasquez's wife confirmed that the three were missing in a text message to CNN.
    Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 4 Aug. 2021
  • They are also sent by email or text message to subscribers of those alerts.
    Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2024
  • In a text message, Mano echoed the effort to keep the team in the city and said that field upgrades already are underway.
    Blake Apgar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Nov. 2022
  • In a text message to Curt, DiCamillo sent a link to the story and described it as a birthday gift for him.
    Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Singh has received death threats via a text message and visits of concern from the FBI.
    Joe Rubin, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Every year on June 11, Jared Sandberg’s day begins with the buzz of a text message.
    Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2022
  • On the afternoon of the worst day of Terry Badger II's life, the text message from his son never came.
    The Indianapolis Star, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Boston declined to comment when reached by The News via text message.
    Dallas News, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Bertolino said in a text message at the time the lawsuit was filed that his clients were fully within their rights not to talk.
    CBS News, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Jones did not return a phone call or text message from ArtsATL.
    Jim Farmer, ajc, 9 Dec. 2021
  • The text message was from March 1, with Mayci's launch event happening on March 5.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2024
  • One in five started through a text message or messaging apps like WhatsApp or iMessage.
    Sam Sabin, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024

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