call into action

Example Sentences

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Instead of Smith and Juneau troopers calling friends and neighbors to help, there’s a set procedure and process to call into action.

From Washington Times • Sep. 10, 2016

Operation Counter Punch, in Central Europe, will call into action all NATO's air strength together with the national air-defense systems of Britain, France, Belgium and The Netherlands.

From Time Magazine Archive

Their military strength may be ascertained by a comparison of their courage, their arts and riches, and their obedience to a supreme head, who might call into action all the energies of the state.

From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 by Milman, Henry Hart

Almost any game not prejudicial to health serves to call into action the moral forces we strive to cultivate.

From Vocational Guidance for Girls by Dickson, Marguerite Stockman

It is, therefore, highly desirable, and more wise, to call into action, as much as possible, the operation of superior motives.

From A Psychiatric Milestone Bloomingdale Hospital Centenary, 1821-1921 by New York Hospital. Society