call attention
Example Sentences
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“I never intended to call attention away from such an important moment,” he wrote.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026
“The new girl didn’t knock, or do anything to call attention to herself,” she thinks, summing up a fresh hire.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
This is something politicians do to call attention to a problem in their communities.
From Slate • Jun. 14, 2025
Alexei, also known as Red Guardian, stops a customer in the cereal aisle of a grocery store in order to call attention to a box featuring the New Avengers.
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2025
I was not to laugh or scream or dance or do anything to call attention to myself.
From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli
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