How to Use texting in a Sentence
texting
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God, even the texting between Nicholas and Anne is hot.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 3 May 2024
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Most of us rely on email, texting, video chat and phone calls to stay in touch.
—Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping, 6 Jan. 2023
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And no amount of Facetime or texting could change that.
—Kelly McMasters, The Atlantic, 1 Jan. 2023
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Ali spent hours texting with the women and talking to them on video calls.
—Larissa MacFarquhar, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
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The platform supports texting, video and voice calls, as well as file-sharing.
—Sandra Gutierrez G., Popular Science, 13 Mar. 2023
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One with all the bells and whistles: texting, video chat, social media.
—Sona Charaipotra, Parents, 13 Sep. 2023
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This cool smartphone case throws it back to tactile texting.
—Rudie Obias, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2024
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But Miller says while RCS may be poised to solve some of the technical problems with texting, one thing will remain the same.
—Michael Dobuski, ABC News, 16 Dec. 2023
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The two moms live about 10 minutes apart and are constantly talking and texting.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 30 June 2023
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The cell phone whose primary purpose was for calling and texting is no longer.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2022
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The footage published by The Oklahoman shows the judge texting while Judith Danker, the boy’s mother, is sitting on the witness stand.
—Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 27 July 2023
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Current law bans texting and driving, but this new plan goes further.
—Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2023
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But there’s much more to it than that, even if the conduct on trial dealt with texting specifically.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2024
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Scammers used texting as the mode of contact for 22% of all fraud cases filed by Americans last year, in which a mode of contact was named.
—Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 8 June 2023
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The non-emergency line was working as well as 911 texting, police said.
—Riley Hoffman, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2024
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In my school, there is a rule of absolutely no texting between staff and students.
—Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2024
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Through Episode 7, there’s been no texting between Carrie and Samantha.
—Kate Aurthur, Variety, 22 June 2023
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Our relationship started with texting, then moved to the phone.
—Lisa Mogull, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2023
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The top button goes to the home screen, or if already home, pulls up calling, texting, alarms, and a button to check activity totals.
—PCMAG, 5 June 2024
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Laila is early, standing outside the restaurant and texting, in a men’s button-down and barn jacket, both several sizes too big.
—Tamar Adler, Vogue, 1 Mar. 2023
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Calls and texting were fine, and typical boundaries seemed to be respected.
—Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 27 May 2023
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Lying seems to happen rarely for many people, even toward strangers and even via social media and texting.
—Christian B. Miller, CNN, 25 June 2024
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The prevalence of texting and short messaging has led to sloppy spelling and woeful grammar.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Dec. 2023
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The woman said Polito would try to have contact with her every day for nearly the entire semester, through emails and texting.
—Melissa Chan, NBC News, 8 Dec. 2023
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Keep in mind those numbers are for only social media, gaming and texting.
—David Rosenberg, Fortune Well, 24 Oct. 2023
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One guest was on her phone nearly the whole time — texting and even watching live videos that her friends posted while others were trying to have a conversation.
—Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
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That includes texting, snapping friends, checking box scores.
—Amy Joyce, Washington Post, 25 May 2023
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What makes this different from banning texting and driving?
—Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2023
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But why not begin the day by posting, texting or otherwise sharing some words of wisdom about women from famous ladies?
—Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 24 Aug. 2023
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As everyone gets the boat ready, Barbie calls a friend to brag about how much she’s been working, but this is intercut — and thus undercut — with her texting while Paris and Xandi clean.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 20 May 2024
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