clamant

Example Sentences

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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

The fallen aristocrat still clinging to his pointless distinction is surely the most pitiful creature of pretence in all this clamant universe.

From Tales of Space and Time by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

Straightway she touched the kernel of those fear-blurred legends whispered about her cradle and now clamant.

From Chivalry by Elliott, Elizabeth Shippen Green

How often lately it had rung discordantly across her mood; now it seemed a clamant watcher, tolling joy.

From The Valiants of Virginia by Rives, Hallie Erminie

By 1817 the grievance had become clamant; and when that inquisitive agitator, Robert Gourlay, asked the farmers of Upper Canada what hindered settlement, he received the answer—Clergy Reserves.

From The Winning of Popular Government A Chronicle of the Union of 1841 by MacMechan, Archibald