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
Such employments call into action the muscles that support the spinal column in an erect position, and the languor or uneasiness is muscular pain.
From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Cutter, Calvin
Hindu children become familiar at their mothers' knees with these stories, and are trained to answer questions on them, subtly chosen to suit their ages and call into action their mental faculties.
From Hindu Tales from the Sanskrit by Mitra, Siddha Mohana
The state of society which exists in every country at an early period of its settlements, is well calculated to call into action every native mechanical genius.
From Life of Daniel Boone, the Great Western Hunter and Pioneer by Hartley, Cecil B.
