clamant

Example Sentences

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Straightway she touched the kernel of those fear-blurred legends whispered about her cradle and now clamant.

From Chivalry by Elliott, Elizabeth Shippen Green

Along this stillness steals their ghostly laughter: The oaths they swore, the clamant song and jest, Are haunting still each oaken beam and rafter, That looked on many a gay, forgotten guest.

From Ships in Harbour by Morton, David

I remember dwelling in imagination upon this or that dish till my mouth watered; and long before we got in for the night my appetite was a clamant, instant annoyance.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) by Lang, Andrew

More "clamant" than carmine, vermilion, crimson, Costlier than diamond or ultramarine— A deuce of a theme to chant lyrics or hymns on, Or rummage for orotund "rot," is Ruthene.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, May 6, 1893 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir

The clamant abuse of putting mere clerks and sextons to do the work of priests was also now put a stop to, and training in clerical seminaries or academies was made compulsory.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.