NOUN
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a telephone call made outside the local calling area
I talked to her by long distance
How To Use long-distance call In A Sentence
- The long-distance call clearly took it out of her. The Sun
- a long-distance call
- They provide full postal services, as well as telephones for both local and long-distance calls. Collins Traveller, Brittany
- You have to remember that it used to be a big deal to make a long-distance call. Times, Sunday Times
- Phone companies charge higher prices for long-distance calls made during the day versus the night. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice
- This will enable the company to continue building a large, loyal customer base of long-distance callers while it fine-tunes the voice quality of the new network.
- Big family news is shared via long-distance calls. The Sun
- Luck begins with a long-distance call. The Sun
- Married to a woman who spends most of their long-distance calls wittering on about what colour carpet to get for his study, Bob is adrift in a sea of loneliness and isolation.
- Despite their notorious long-distance calls, courting peafowl do not vocalize in that situation.
