radio - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • crackle: The radio crackled into life once more, only for us to discover they had still not turned up at camp.
  • control: Some years later, in 1995, the PIRA finally admitted that the device had not been radio controlled.

Adjective modifier

  • FM: FM radio: built-in FM radio with automatic scanning function.
  • digital: You can listen to Vic's show online or through digital radio or TV.
  • amateur: He cites information on flying and amateur radio as examples.
  • built-in: FM radio: built-in FM radio with automatic scanning function.
  • commercial: Commercial radio does a different job to the BBC.

Modifies a noun

  • station: Jazz Jazz FM The jazz radio station for the UK.
  • broadcast: Les has also made TV & radio broadcasts, tapes & CD's.
  • frequency: For example, in Russia radio frequency weapons have been used to defeat security systems.
  • button: To turn images off, click on the radio button next to ' Do not load any images ' .
  • wave: Mobiles and Your Health Is the emission of radio waves from your mobile harmful to health?
  • telescope: Italy Aerial view of the Northern Cross radio telescope, near Bologna, Italy.

Noun used with modifier

  • VHF: Gordon Young swam ashore with a line, two lifejackets and a waterproof VHF radio and secured the line around a rock.
  • pirate: He decides to set up a pirate radio station using equipment ' borrowed ' from his old workplace.
  • transistor: The poor man thought the transistor radio sets were barber's boxes!
  • clock: Spacious and comfortable, the rooms are well equipped with color television, refreshment tray, clock radio and hairdryers.

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