call to arms

Example Sentences

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For Abeba, the call to arms was not just a choice: it was an inheritance of duty.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

A call to arms for big sisters everywhere.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

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

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