Sylvia raised her eyebrows and bent close to his ear.

"I need you," he said, raising his mouth to her ear.

Mike nodded, breathing hard as he raised the phone to his ear.

He watched as the man appeared to study a photograph and then raised a cell phone to his ear.

The former Army colonel raised the phone to his ear once more.

Then she seated herself on the edge of the bed and, breathing deeply, raised the phone up to her ear.

He raised the receiver to his ear and spoke into the telephone.

He picked up the instrument and raised the receiver to his ear.

He glanced at his watch; raised it to his ear.

I raised the receiver to my ear and started to punch in our number.