clamant
Example Sentences
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But the descendants of another ardent Jacobite, Robert Gordon, wine merchant, Bordeaux, who rescued the family estate of Hallhead, Aberdeenshire, from clamant creditors, still flourish.
From The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon by Gordon, J. M. (Joseph Maria)
And, therefore, what a clamant and urgent need there is for love-fires at which to kindle these souls that are heavy, and burdened, and cold.
From The Whole Armour of God by Jowett, John Henry
He, and He only, will interpret each generation to itself, and will meet its clamant needs.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John by Maclaren, Alexander
It was as unabashed and clamant as his motor horn.
From The Innocent Adventuress by Bradley, Mary Hastings
A shrewish voice rose in the darkness before him, and other voices, angry, clamant, protesting, struck in.
From The Great House by Weyman, Stanley John
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.