He stared at his desk telephone, as if dreading to pick it up.

The police commissioner was lifting a desk telephone from its hook.

Quietly, the physician picked up the desk telephone and dialed a number.

He picked up a desk telephone and called a number.

The computer would then forward calls from people's desk telephones to their cellular telephone number.

He stretched out his hand to the desk telephone.

He lifted his desk telephone, pressing one of the many buttons on its stand.

He still held the small desk telephone in his left hand.

He picked up his black desk telephone and punched a button.

Head still tilted, he reached for a pen that lay beside his desk telephone.