clarion call
noun
: a strong request for something to happen
—usually singular
He used his speech to sound a clarion call for affordable health care.
the leader's clarion call to action
Examples of clarion call in a Sentence
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Emhoff’s summons was a clarion call, crisp and clear.
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Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Yet this clarion call is too often lost in the din of daily life.
—Harvey Levine, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
That’s a clarion call to reimagine leadership development.
—Neena Newberry, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
In one of the most consequential and daring pieces of theater The Stage has produced in recent years, Ibsen’s timeless clarion call is fully displayed in a production not hiding behind vagaries.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2025
Damning national testing results earlier this year should spark a clarion call in state capitals, emboldening leaders to come clean with parents and take meaningful action that improves student learning.
—Jim Cowen, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
But the case presented by Perkins is a clarion call for abiding by the law, protecting due process, and leaving political sentiments aside.
—Rebecca Brenner Graham / Made By History, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025
Instead, the chief judge used the opportunity to issue a clarion call for judicial review of the massive sentences that have fueled the crisis of mass incarceration, exemplified by the almost 7,500 people serving life or long-term sentences in New York prisons.
—Steve Zeidman, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2025
The song was later adopted by the NAACP as a clarion call during the civil rights movement of the ‘50s and ‘60s.
—Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 9 Feb. 2025
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Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Yet this clarion call is too often lost in the din of daily life.
—Harvey Levine, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
That’s a clarion call to reimagine leadership development.
—Neena Newberry, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
In one of the most consequential and daring pieces of theater The Stage has produced in recent years, Ibsen’s timeless clarion call is fully displayed in a production not hiding behind vagaries.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2025
Damning national testing results earlier this year should spark a clarion call in state capitals, emboldening leaders to come clean with parents and take meaningful action that improves student learning.
—Jim Cowen, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
But the case presented by Perkins is a clarion call for abiding by the law, protecting due process, and leaving political sentiments aside.
—Rebecca Brenner Graham / Made By History, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025
Instead, the chief judge used the opportunity to issue a clarion call for judicial review of the massive sentences that have fueled the crisis of mass incarceration, exemplified by the almost 7,500 people serving life or long-term sentences in New York prisons.
—Steve Zeidman, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2025
The song was later adopted by the NAACP as a clarion call during the civil rights movement of the ‘50s and ‘60s.
—Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 9 Feb. 2025
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