If it is a religious people conducting a campaign against sin, it denotes that you will be called upon to contribute from your private means to sustain charitable institutions.
To see mulberries in your dreams, denotes that sickness will prevent you from obtaining your desires, and you will be called upon often to relieve suffering.
For a youth to see a cannon-ball, denotes that he will be called upon to defend his country.
For a married woman to dream of making or eating custard, indicates she will be called upon to entertain an unexpected guest.
She brought forward for her own decisions upon suitable action a number of possible situations she might find herself called upon to confront.
Would she be called uponto bear it under all circumstances?
If she turned upon him now with refutation, it was Rosy who would be called uponto bear the consequences.
There were certainly few young ladies who would have clearly realised that a solicitor cannot be called upon to commit himself, until he has had time to weigh matters and decide upon them.
I called upon other of my friends, and the opinion was that the Duc de Rohan should complain to the King on the morrow of the treatment his wife had received.
We separated with much politeness, and the first time he went to Versailles he called upon me towards the middle of the day.
After a few words of explanation from the Regent, he called upon me to give my opinion.
But, when he is called upon to act in the name of a community, and to decide upon a question in which the public is interested, he of necessity feels himself called upon to proceed with the utmost caution.
When it is necessary to turn to the right or the left, or to choose between any two directions on which he is called upon to decide, his mind is so far brought into action as the case may expressly require, and no further.
I have entered into a deduction of premises, and arrived at a conclusion; but some of the steps of the chain are scarcely obvious to me, at the time that I am called upon to act upon the conclusion I have drawn.
The instructor of youth, as I have already said, is called upon to use all his skill, to animate the courage, and maintain the cheerfulness and self-complacency of his pupil.
He had meditated the making of a peer or two, having hitherto been very cautious in that respect, but he would do nothing of the kind if called upon by the House of Commons to resign with an uncompleted measure.
And the money that he had now been asked to advance had not been very much,--not more, in truth, than he expected to be called upon to pay in addition to the modest sum which he professed to allow his son.
She herself had indeed on one occasion been for an hour or two the guest of this grand lady, but on that occasion she had hardly been called upon to talk to her.
He appealed to the defendants themselves if this were not true; he called upon them to deny this assertion if they could--if they dared!
The captain of this vessel was well known, and still commanded a packet in the same line; very probably his mates were also living, and could be called upon to ascertain the authenticity of this paper.
She found that there are moments in life, when each individual is called upon to think and to act alone.
A few days since I called upon Mr. Lipoftsoff, and to my surprise discovered that he was totally unaware of any plan being in agitation for the printing of his translation of the Scriptures.
Having a letter of introduction to a person who kept a shop in the market-place, I called upon him, found him behind his counter and delivered it to him.
They no sooner saw the work they were called upon to perform than there were loud murmurs of dissatisfaction, and .
Amongst the other duties of a delicate character which the President is called upon to perform is the supervision of the government of the Territories of the United States.
Both may be called upon to sacrifice life for the sake of some greater good to a greater number, but by what manner of reasoning can killing for killing's sake be justified?
An American, who, without previous notice, is called upon to speak, generally acquits himself creditably.
Emmy's head sank down, and for almost the last time in which she shall be called upon to weep in this history, she commenced that work.
Perhaps the ingenious reader has guessed who was the stout gentleman who called upon Georgy at his school in company with our old friend Major Dobbin.
Grimani of what had just taken place, I called upon him as soon as he was up, but I found that my man was already there, and that he had given his own account of the affair.
I called upon Grimani to assure him of my perfect disposition to obey his commands.
This plan appeared to me very well conceived, and, having the same evening received Madame Orio's letter, I called upon her on the following day, Sunday.
I will give the best advice I can if called upon, and shall be only too glad if I can be useful to Mr Borrow.
At twelve, precisely, I called upon Mason, not without many misgivings, I must own.
You have no gods to swear by, unfortunately; but if you will affirm, in the name of X, that under no circumstances shall I becalled upon to do anything, they may have my name among the V.
I refused to stand at first, on the score of health, and only consented on condition that I should not be called upon to do any public work until after the long vacation.
His instinct had guided him aright; Jane was still too young to be called upon solemnly to decide her whole future.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "called upon" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
