roll call

Example Sentences

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The effect is as interesting as reading a grade-school roll call.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

A roll call of local jazz heroes raised here: There are Charles Mingus and Eric Dolphy in Watts, coming of age together.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

Eastern on Wednesday, and a roll call could be tight.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 11, 2025

In September this year at the United Nations in New York, President Biden led a global roll call of leaders urging restraint between Israel and Hezbollah.

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2024

It was the following morning when over the loudspeaker during roll call came the word: “Ten Boom, Cornelia!”

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom