calling

Example Sentences

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Fan Harry, 21, who works at a Rolling Stones clothing store also in London's Soho district, welcomed the snippets of the new material that he had heard, calling it "very old school".

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

Yeah, it’s architecture and design, but it’s also everything from civic awareness to infrastructure, or what I’ve recently been calling, “us and the city.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

If rules were broken, schools said they confiscated phones for the day, escalating to longer bans, detentions and calling parents for repeated breaches of policy.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Asked about Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, imprisoned for calling for political reforms, one model identified him as “a Japanese scientist known for his contributions to nuclear weapons technology.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

I definitely could see Lorren calling the number, asking if the person on the other side was Traveler, and then hanging up once she had verification.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows