call to battle
Example Sentences
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And five men from San Lucas Quiaviní had died after heeding the call to battle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2024
They hear the call to battle, and they charge toward the sounds of danger.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 31, 2019
The brief speech ended, however, with a passionate, unexpected call to battle.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 29, 2015
The painting Mr. Lerner, 35, had come to see is Jules Bastien-Lepage’s “Joan of Arc,” which depicts Joan swooning as she hears the call to battle.
From New York Times ● Aug. 22, 2014
They stimulate, and, for some young hearts, they are as a call to battle.
From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by Huneker, James
