call

How to use call in a sentence

Everything is topsy-turvy in Europe according to our moral ideas, and they don't have what we call "men" over here.

It was like his beautiful courtesy to call me in and introduce me to Blow instead of letting me go away.

After an hour, however, he reached this decision: He would not go to or call up Mrs. Merley.

"I call you," the policeman said, and stripping the saddle and bridle from his sweaty horse, turned him loose to graze.

RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR

Each did his duty, or was adjured to do it, in the "state of life to which it had pleased God to call him."

He takes a turn up and down the room, looks at the music, and if the piece interests him, he will call upon you.

A gentleman does not call his opponents vipers and consign them to hell, but Jahveh is not under any such obligations.

The second cable quotes mine of last night wherein I ask leave to call for the East Lancs.

But he is as insolent as you could wish, and has a superb confidence in himself that his enemies call by the most offensive names.

ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTON

I cannot call that peculiarly manly, which are the peculiar pursuits of the lowest of our species.

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985