calling

Example Sentences

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Last week, a federal judge struck down that order, calling it “arbitrary and capricious.”

From Los Angeles Times

You didn’t think the tax man would forget to come calling for a share of your winnings, did you?

From MarketWatch

Then, when identical brothers Smoke and Stack came calling, Jordan rented a house in Ojai and began excavating the twins’ backstories with help from longtime dialect coach Beth McGuire.

From Los Angeles Times

The readout from the meeting also removed language in last year’s communique calling for efforts to “stop the decline and return to stability” in the real-estate sector.

From The Wall Street Journal

A new study led by researchers at McGill University is calling into question a long-standing idea about how dopamine influences movement.

From Science Daily