clamant

Example Sentences

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The fallen aristocrat still clinging to his pointless distinction is surely the most pitiful creature of pretence in all this clamant universe.

From Tales of Space and Time by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

Along this stillness steals their ghostly laughter: The oaths they swore, the clamant song and jest, Are haunting still each oaken beam and rafter, That looked on many a gay, forgotten guest.

From Ships in Harbour by Morton, David

There was clamant need for reform in every department of the State.

From Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series by Morison, William

This, meantime, appeared to all of them, the most clamant of all Missionary duties,—their very lives, and the existence of the Mission itself, depending thereon.

From The Story of John G. Paton Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals by Paton, James

It was right, however, that the clamant demands for relief, uttered by her starving millions, should not stifle the smaller voice of suffering that issued from our Scottish shores.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. by Various