calling down
Example Sentences
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Angelo’s team hung around in the hopes the Truth Social parent, then led by former Congressman Devin Nunes, would come calling down the road.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Pohl told me that a riverbank logistics depot was guarded by men armed with rifles, themselves fearful of calling down the wrath of Amazonian warriors if they angered Indigenous guides.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2022
When he sings “Can I get a witness,” echoed by Mavis Staples herself, in the title track, he’s calling down justice for wrongs older than this nation.
From Slate ● Dec. 28, 2017
Even in that state, that guy couldn't believe the Falcons' play calling down the stretch.
From Golf Digest ● Feb. 7, 2017
Any minute now, I thought, my mother’s voice would come calling down the stairs: “Yanek! Dinner!”
From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz
