The phones at all the offices were disconnected or rang unanswered.

The daughter, who had continued to listen as the 911 line rang unanswered at least five times, then hung up the phone.

At the county welfare office, babies still cry and the phones still ring unanswered.

The phone rang unanswered until the machine picked up.

Telephone calls to Government and army spokesmen in Islamabad rang unanswered.

A large radio set squawked in the back room, and a phone rang unanswered, as if voice mail had never been invented.

And the phone rang unanswered again yesterday.

Her telephone would ring unanswered, sometimes for hours.

Phones rang unanswered, computer screens beeped impatiently for inputs that didn't come.

Calls to the police and government in Dari rang unanswered.