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Example sentences for "calling upon"

  • Shere Singh despatched urgent purwannahs both to General Avitabile and to Raee Kishen Chund, calling upon them to aid the British by every means in their power.

  • Sale and Macgregor were writing urgent letters, calling upon him to push on without delay; but it was still his duty to halt.

  • I did think of calling upon a friend which is lady's-maid in a family living in Conduit Street," replied the young woman.

  • I shall now conclude this little discourse by calling upon you to annex to whatever I have offered you of precept, the constant remembrance of your mother for example.

  • Then, calling upon Camilla, he asked if she was not of that opinion.

  • Alban, the master of the peotta, had not roused me by calling upon me and informing me that the boat was ready to sail.

  • I dressed myself with the intention of calling upon my advocate, when I received the visit of a skilful hair-dresser whom I had seen at Madame Cantarini's house.

  • My comrade in misery signed this protest with me; after which, addressing myself to all the pupils, I read it aloud, calling upon them to speak the truth if any one could say the contrary of what I had written.

  • Confederate States, calling upon them to unite in an effort to restore and maintain the par value of the currency with gold by forming societies of citizens who will engage to sell and buy only at reduced prices.

  • The legislature has also passed resolutions calling upon the C.

  • Rousseau concluded by calling upon it to proclaim the president, and exclaimed, 'Have confidence, God protects France.

  • They also sent despatches to the allied states, calling upon them to support Teleutias in accordance with the resolution of the allies.

  • And thou shalt continue in calling upon God in my name, and writing the things which shall be given thee by the Comforter, and expounding all Scriptures unto the Church; 6.

  • Somerset, therefore, addressed a letter to the Scottish nobility, calling upon them to complete an arrangement which he recommended as equally advantageous with that to which they were bound by oaths, promises, and seals.

  • They then addressed a memorial to Elizabeth, calling upon her to put an end to the miseries of Scotland by liberating the queen.

  • Mr. Lipkins returned thanks in what a newspaper-reporter would term "a neat speech;" and he then exercised the usual privilege of calling upon a particular individual for a song.

  • Yes: my object in calling upon you is to request that you will either visit the Prince as soon as convenient, or appoint a day and an hour when his Highness may visit you.

  • But the details of this project I will explain to you to-morrow, when I shall have the pleasure of calling upon you.

  • You see I remember where I found it that time Howard and I desiccated the Sabbath by calling upon you," he said, with a laugh in which Eloise joined.

  • She saw his shadow as he passed the window, and her heart gave a great bound, for she knew who was "desiccating" the Sabbath by calling upon her.

  • That Howard and Jack had been in the habit of calling upon her he did not suspect, and much less that for the last two weeks or more she had been enjoying his sea chair, and the fruit and flowers sent her with Mrs. Amy's compliments.

  • Fancy, my dear,' said Fabian, 'the villain has been in the country two whole days without thinking of calling upon us.

  • When I made my excuse to Fabian I really had some idea in my mind of calling upon a solicitor and having a deed drawn up, settling L800 a year on Babiole.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "calling upon" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    also those; and the; birch canoe; calling attention; calling them; calling themselves; calling upon; careful attention; chief magistrate; exceptional cases; headed girl; large tablespoonful; never look; notice the; our side; over his; plain boiled; plain language; pursued them; really don; small picture; suggested that; swift water; then wash; when pursued