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

“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

“Power can be very addictive, and it can be corrosive. And it’s important for the media to call to account people who abuse their power, whether it be here or elsewhere.”

From New York Times • Jul. 2, 2017

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

Uncle Kutowski, whom Leo wanted to call to account for this, was nowhere to be found.

From The Undying Past by Sudermann, Hermann