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

Getting the call from Warchild was the prompt they needed to complete the song, with lyrics that felt like a call to arms.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026

The government responded with a wider call to arms that saw thousands of men from government-allied armed factions deploy to the coast.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2025

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

Now everybody discovered that the call to arms was being led by the famous Marina Raskova, and that she was specifically looking for airwomen.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein