clamant

Example Sentences

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All we had was paid for in cash at the time, and there were so many clamant uses for cash.

From A Prisoner in Turkey by Still, John

Among the most distressing and clamant cases which came before him was the great Convict Settlement in the Andaman Islands, in which the mortality amounted in 1867 to over 101 per thousand.

From The Earl of Mayo Rulers of India by Hunter, William Wilson

The life is hard, full of privations, sown with difficulties, clamant for technical knowledge, exacting of physical strength, dependent on shrewdness and knowledge of the world.

From Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life by White, Stewart Edward

He spoke with a certain sad quietness, very different from his old clamant vehemence.

From Masterman and Son by Dawson, W. J. (William James)

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