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

The government responded with a wider call to arms that saw thousands of men from government-allied armed factions deploy to the coast.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2025

Yuval immediately answered his country’s call to arms.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2024

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

She was a committed pacifist, but she was receiving pressure from constituents who wanted her to support the president’s call to arms.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling