call to arms
Example Sentences
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A call to arms for big sisters everywhere.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
It was a call to arms, a campaign strategy session, and—above all—an honest-to-God old-fashioned Pentecostal tent revival.
From Slate • Sep. 25, 2024
George put out a call to arms, reminding the fans how the players would valiantly "defend our home" against Andy Farrell's Irish invaders.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2024
The result is sweeping and intimate, simultaneously a call to arms and a tribute to a place that contains almost as many tongues as speakers.
From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2024
His voice rang clear as he chanted in the tongue of Rohan a call to arms.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
