How to Use text message in a Sentence

text message

noun
Definition of text messagenext
  • You'll be kept up-to-date on the process by text message.
    — Suzannah Weiss, Glamour, 11 June 2021
  • And every cellphone in the U.S. will get the same text message this week.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2023
  • These are all perfect to write in a card or text message.
    — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The text message asked her to confirm that the purchase was hers.
    — David Lazarus, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2021
  • What about her brother, who had sent her the video in a text message?
    — Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 4 Aug. 2021
  • In a text message to The Post, the woman declined to comment.
    — Shawn Boburg and Jon Swaine, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Sep. 2021
  • Eden’s Homes didn’t respond to a call and text message.
    — Lea Skene, Quartz, 22 Apr. 2024
  • We're told Oz has been keeping in touch with the man's wife by text message and phone.
    — Christine Burroni, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Try the same thing, but as an SMS text message instead.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 8 July 2022
  • And the spec sheet contains more acronyms than a teenager’s text message.
    — Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Yates, 34, told The Post on Tuesday that he was first made aware of the Greenville listing in a group text message.
    — Timothy Bella, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Aug. 2022
  • The Davisville Middle School teacher did not respond to a text message from the Globe.
    — Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Jan. 2023
  • After reading the text message, Coleman walked to the left side of the chamber.
    — Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al, 25 May 2021
  • DePaoli sent a text message to a group of friends announcing the news.
    — oregonlive, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Swan did not return a call or text message about the matter.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2021
  • In a text message to the Free Press, the former tenant declined to comment.
    — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 11 Feb. 2021
  • Here, unedited, is what Lee told me via text message that evening.
    — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Or they can be sent to a user's smartphone via text message.
    — Alex Veiga, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Feb. 2023
  • What is known, according to the police reports, is the time of Joseph’s last text message.
    — Sarah Portney, NBC News, 14 Oct. 2022
  • To name a group text message, everyone in the group needs to be using an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 26 Sep. 2023
  • This can be done through a phone call or a text message, for example.
    — David Nield, Wired, 7 Nov. 2021
  • Just then a text message came through: a picture from Ben of Julien running up and down the numbered steps.
    — Lauren Elkin, Travel + Leisure, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Sign up for text message alerts from the experts at Reviewed.
    — Jillian Lucas, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Sign up for text message alerts from the deal-hunting nerds at Reviewed.
    — Melissa Lee, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2021
  • David Velasquez's wife confirmed that the three were missing in a text message to CNN.
    — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 4 Aug. 2021
  • Zobayan, the pilot, fielded inquiries about it via text message the night before the flight and the morning of.
    — USA Today, 25 Jan. 2021
  • They are also sent by email or text message to subscribers of those alerts.
    — Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2024
  • In a text message, Mano echoed the effort to keep the team in the city and said that field upgrades already are underway.
    — Blake Apgar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Boise police spokesperson Haley Williams confirmed in a text message that Snow died by suicide.
    — Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 11 Jan. 2025
  • At the Brentwood location of popular Italian eatery Jon & Vinny’s, staff complained of headaches and sore throats in a text message group chat.
    — Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025

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