Sentences with phrase «phones by their bedside»

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When the parish phone rings in the middle of the night, bearing news of a family crisis, the church still answers faithfully, but the bedside prayers and communion may be offered by Sister, not Father.

People used to be awake at night by candlelight, then by bedside lamp, and now we use our phones, laptops, and tablets to burn the midnight oil.

I'm not even sure how the crack happened, but I suspect it was caused by an incautious plopping of the phone on my bedside table — which is also populated by an aluminium iPhone Lightning dock.