clamant

Example Sentences

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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

There was clamant need for reform in every department of the State.

From Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series by Morison, William

Now he sorted all he had heard out on a system based on an intimate knowledge of his fellow-countrymen's methods in the face of clamant danger.

From Wang the Ninth The Story of a Chinese Boy by Putnam Weale, B. L. (Bertram Lenox)

I remember dwelling in imagination upon this or that dish till my mouth watered; and long before we got in for the night my appetite was a clamant, instant annoyance.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) by Lang, Andrew