call to arms
Example Sentences
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A call to arms for big sisters everywhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
He defended a public "call to arms" made at a Downing Street news conference on 10 April 2020 for more UK suppliers of PPE to come forward.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2025
It was a call to arms, a campaign strategy session, and—above all—an honest-to-God old-fashioned Pentecostal tent revival.
From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2024
The result is sweeping and intimate, simultaneously a call to arms and a tribute to a place that contains almost as many tongues as speakers.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
I wondered if they were tolling a call to arms or to prayer.
From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi
