DIAL in a Sentence

Learn DIAL from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
18 example sentences for DIAL, such as:
1. Check the tyre pressure on the dial.
2. The hands spun backward upon the dials.
3. The dial records very slight variations in pressure.
4. At the center of the dial is a piece of smoky glass.
5. She took up the receiver and began to dial the number.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of DIAL
dial
 n.  the circular graduated indicator on various measuring instruments
 n.  a disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called
Classic Sentence:
1  One dial records days, and another thousands of days, another millions of days, and another thousands of millions.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In XI
2  Presently, when the million dial was at zero, I slackened speed.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In XII
3  The preacher took a chainless watch from a pocket within his soutane and, having considered its dial for a moment in silence, placed it silently before him on the table.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
4  I passed out on to the road and saw by the lighted dial of a clock that it was ten minutes to ten.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In ARABY
5  Behind each mirror was stuck either a letter or an old pack of cards or a stocking, while on the wall hung a clock with a flowered dial.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER III
6  The little hands upon the dials that registered my speed raced round faster and faster.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In III
7  For that, I should explain, was the date the little dials of my machine recorded.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In IV
8  The hands spun backward upon the dials.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In XII
Example Sentence:
1  Customers can dial up the central computer from home and access the database.
2  My watch has a luminous dial so I can see it in the dark.
3  At the center of the dial is a piece of smoky glass.
4  Check the tyre pressure on the dial.
5  You can dial directly without the necessity of going through the operator.
6  Once this dial the disorderly my heartbeat, now how could I forget you.
7  She took up the receiver and began to dial the number.
8  The dial records very slight variations in pressure.
9  The luminous dial on the clock showed five minutes to seven.
10  A device consisting of a dial and an arrow that is spun to indicate the next move in some board games.