call to account

Example Sentences

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How something can be prideful and at the same time call to account the nation that you’re writing about.

From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2020

“I mean, power can be very addictive and it can be corrosive,” Bush said, “and it’s important for the media to call to account people who abuse their power, whether it be here or elsewhere.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 11, 2018

“Power can be very addictive, and it can be corrosive. And it’s important for the media to call to account people who abuse their power, whether it be here or elsewhere.”

From New York Times • Jul. 2, 2017

Mr Bush said: "Power can be very addictive and it can be corrosive, and it's important for the media to call to account people who abuse their power."

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2017

There are those who frisk playfully along, taking the good things of life as they come—"the more the better"—whom, as children, it is hard to call to account.

From The Education of Catholic Girls by Stuart, Janet Erskine