How to Use burner phone in a Sentence

burner phone

noun
  • How the son was able to pay for the burner phone is a mystery.
    — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Sure, there’s been grumbling and some burner phones and scrolling in the bathroom.
    — The Editors, Curbed, 15 Dec. 2025
  • The burner phone was linked to an email account, according to court records.
    — Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY, 21 July 2023
  • Your best buy is buying a low-cost smartphone, sometimes called a burner phone.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 29 June 2023
  • Jake’s dropped his burner phone, and Misaki hasn’t been able to reach him all day.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The burner phone clue Police back then knew the client was using a burner phone.
    — Morgan Canty, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Some analysts use burner phones.
    — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 16 Feb. 2026
  • That does not mean the FCC is trying to ban burner phones outright.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026
  • That, alongside the burner phones, the car, and the pretty close match on the description, was enough for an arrest.
    — Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Evidence revealed the killer had used burner phones to contact victims.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 16 July 2023
  • That night, the burner phone traveled to the area of the woman’s house, according to the document.
    — John Miller, CNN, 21 July 2023
  • Other uses for a burner phone Burner phones aren’t just useful at the border.
    — Iona Brannon, AFAR Media, 2 May 2025
  • But any dead end is a new page for Pippa, and that toy rabbit harboring a burner phone has been bugging her.
    — Fletcher Peters, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
  • The text came from a burner phone, cops confirmed, but it was located near Stanivukovic’s business at the time of the text.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2024
  • But the move is just to get the kidnapper to turn his burner phone back on, so the FBI can track it.
    — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Canadians are not the only people being urged to travel with burner phones.
    — Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
  • The trio used burner phones for communication, the memo alleges.
    — Adam Reiss, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Pip invites Ravi to sneak into the Bell household, find the toy bunny, and steal the burner phone.
    — Fletcher Peters, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Villar also told Bivins to delete his Instagram page, clear his phone logs and get rid of his burner phone.
    — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The killer allegedly used four separate burner phones to contact the women.
    — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 19 July 2023
  • The feds also accused Joseph of using a burner phone to text one inmate and warn him of pending searches.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2024
  • And, crucially, digital detoxes don’t have to mean going full burner phone mode.
    — Ranyechi Udemezue, Vogue, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Prosecutors alleged that after each of the murders, the suspect got rid of the burner phones.
    — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 15 July 2023
  • Harry believes reporters used burner phone and destroyed records and that there's been a cover up of the hacking scandal.
    — Staff and Wire Reports., USA TODAY, 7 June 2023
  • Police sources told Fox News the suspect dropped a burner phone in an alley after the shooting.
    — Brie Stimson, Fox News, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The brief alleges that Adams purchased burner phones used by the suspects to coordinate the killings.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Heuermann was linked to those murders by burner phones, as well as DNA from hairs found on some of the victims.
    — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Heuermann was later linked to those killings by burner phones, as well as DNA from hairs found on some of the victims.
    — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
  • The police claim the killer, meanwhile, used separate burner phones to contact each victim – and, in doing so, gave them their first clue.
    — Samantha Wanderer, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2023
  • During the search of the couple’s home, investigators seized a personal phone and a burner phone.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Apr. 2026

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