calling
Example Sentences
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She recommends women skip those glamorous dinners some female founders splash all over Instagram, calling them “mostly about ego-gratification.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
Their differences continue in how they parent - Laing calling Habboo the stricter of the two - a claim that surprises her.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
“It’s not as easy as hiring someone and calling them a forward-deployed engineer. These are not capabilities investors have a lot of patience for. That’s not what the model was built for.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026
None of these summer-style temperatures in early spring bodes well for the actual summer ahead, in which a “Super El Niño” is predicted to unleash itself, a weather phenomenon some are calling “Godzilla El Niño.”
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026
Mutti was running alongside them, calling all the while for Karli to wake up.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.