clamant

Example Sentences

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But the descendants of another ardent Jacobite, Robert Gordon, wine merchant, Bordeaux, who rescued the family estate of Hallhead, Aberdeenshire, from clamant creditors, still flourish.

From The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon by Gordon, J. M. (Joseph Maria)

The fallen aristocrat still clinging to his pointless distinction is surely the most pitiful creature of pretence in all this clamant universe.

From Tales of Space and Time by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

And, therefore, what a clamant and urgent need there is for love-fires at which to kindle these souls that are heavy, and burdened, and cold.

From The Whole Armour of God by Jowett, John Henry

It was right, however, that the clamant demands for relief, uttered by her starving millions, should not stifle the smaller voice of suffering that issued from our Scottish shores.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. by Various

He spoke with a certain sad quietness, very different from his old clamant vehemence.

From Masterman and Son by Dawson, W. J. (William James)