call to account
Example Sentences
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They don’t return for a bow, as if this had not been a performance but a call to account.
From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2021
How something can be prideful and at the same time call to account the nation that you’re writing about.
From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2020
“I mean, power can be very addictive and it can be corrosive,” Bush said, “and it’s important for the media to call to account people who abuse their power, whether it be here or elsewhere.”
From Seattle Times • Nov. 11, 2018
Photograph: Peter Morrison/AP City watchdog the Financial Services Authority has been accused of "falling short" in its efforts to call to account the Bank of for raising interest rates paid by thousands of mortgage holders.
From The Guardian • Mar. 28, 2013
Her heart sank within her when she recognised the man whom Mr. Fogg desired, sooner or later, to call to account for his conduct.
From Around the World in 80 Days by Verne, Jules
