call the name of
Example Sentences
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You don't call out your name; you call the name of your friend.
From Science Magazine • Feb. 20, 2013
They didn't call the name of Ms. Zhou, who went back inside to sit with other Chinese workers at Choei Suisan, making origami baskets.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2011
Presently one of the men advanced to the door and began to rap and call the name of our host.
From Locusts and Wild Honey by Burroughs, John
If you fail to recognize an old acquaintance in this excited, sunburnt boy, you surely can call the name of the tall, broad-shouldered, sober-looking youth, who stands at his side.
From Frank Among The Rancheros by Castlemon, Harry
“It is contrary to order to call the name of a Senator,” said a distinguished gentleman.
From History of American Abolitionism by Fontaine, F. G. de