call the name of

Example Sentences

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You don't call out your name; you call the name of your friend.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 20, 2013

They didn't call the name of Ms. Zhou, who went back inside to sit with other Chinese workers at Choei Suisan, making origami baskets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2011

Why should a bell-like soprano call the name of the old Irish king in this remote wilderness?

From Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book by Moore, Emma G.

If you fail to recognize an old acquaintance in this excited, sunburnt boy, you surely can call the name of the tall, broad-shouldered, sober-looking youth, who stands at his side.

From Frank Among The Rancheros by Castlemon, Harry

Now I will tell you the names of these letters," he said, "and when I call the name of each one, you can point to it with the little stick.

From The Japanese Twins by Perkins, Lucy Fitch