Noun : the clamor of the crowd at the gates. ,the clamor of the proponents of the law. ,The senators could not ignore the clamor against higher taxation. ,the clamor of traffic; the clamor of birds and animals in the zoo. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : The newspapers clamored him out of office. ,They clamored their demands at the meeting. From Dictionary.com.
I don't recall clamoring for any such thing, but someone must have been. From Wordnik.com. [Film.com Movie Blog] Reference
How much real "clamoring" is there out there for charter schools?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference
After we got out of the bus, we were just kind of clamoring to find any kind of protection that we could. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 21, 2008] Reference
She admits that she has spent her life "clamoring" for happiness, and then the poem poses several questions to the reader. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference
Localities should dedicate the funds. link The Times would have you believe there is a "clamoring" for more hiking and biking trails. From Wordnik.com. [From On High] Reference
Now, says Warren, black churches are clamoring to get involved. From Wordnik.com. [A Cause That Crosses The Color Line] Reference
In short, too many people are clamoring for a piece of the lake. From Wordnik.com. [Troubled Waters] Reference
And I have not heard anyone clamoring for a regime change in Burma. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call] Reference
Your teenager is clamoring to borrow the keyboard and cruise the Web. From Wordnik.com. [Home Pcs: When One Box Just Won't Do] Reference
European companies would be clamoring for a slice of the action in Iraq. From Wordnik.com. [Diplomatic Diary: Help Wanted] Reference
Chicago newspapers are already clamoring for a moratorium on executions. From Wordnik.com. [Coming Two Days Shy Of Martyrdom] Reference
Thousands of frightened Vietnamese were clamoring outside the embassy walls. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Days Of Saigon] Reference
Where I felt society was going then, society is now clamoring for this approach. From Wordnik.com. [Average Joe Goes Green] Reference
Leaders from Washington to London to Berlin are clamoring for action from Beijing. From Wordnik.com. [TUSSLE AT THE TOP] Reference
Like it not, Europe must prepare to accommodate non-Europeans clamoring to get in. From Wordnik.com. [The East Looks Ok] Reference
At the very next dance we had to close the doors with people still clamoring to get in. From Wordnik.com. [‘Homer & Langley’] Reference
Veterans groups and their sympathizers in Congress are clamoring for action on the syndrome. From Wordnik.com. [A Gulf Cover-Up?] Reference
Not surprisingly, students are clamoring for admission to China's handful of top law schools. From Wordnik.com. [A Land With Lawyers--But Not Enough Law] Reference
But regional officials and lawmakers aren't clamoring on behalf of the oppressed Burmese people. From Wordnik.com. [Stubborn Survivor] Reference
Hillary must also listen patiently to all the interest groups clamoring for a seat at the table. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary's Hard Sell] Reference
Most Palestinians are fed up with Yasir Arafat, and have been clamoring for democracy for years. From Wordnik.com. [Turn Swords Into Ballots] Reference
But those clamoring for such condemnations should bear in mind that this will not solve the problem. From Wordnik.com. [HOW WE CAN PREVAIL] Reference
A reform platform, in fact, jibes neatly with much of what Japan's trading partners have been clamoring for. From Wordnik.com. [Turning Up The Heat] Reference
Politicians are clamoring for the Fed to prevent a recession and cushion the effects of the housing collapse. From Wordnik.com. [The Specter of Stagflation] Reference
The drum-beat of alarm over global warming has set businesses clamoring for a piece of the sugar-cane action. From Wordnik.com. [Sugar Rush] Reference
Legislators who'd been clamoring to bypass the Constitution and impeach Wahid immediately fell silent last week. From Wordnik.com. [A Loud Message For Parliament] Reference
But much like newly independent East Timor, Aceh has been clamoring to break away from Indonesia since the 1970s. From Wordnik.com. [The Promise Of Trouble] Reference
By a 70 percent majority, Scots are clamoring for at least "devolution" a regional parliament that could lead to independence. From Wordnik.com. [Dissecting The British Voter] Reference
At infertility clinics, couples are not clamoring to choose their would-be child's traits the way they choose options on a car. From Wordnik.com. [BRAVE NEW MONKEY] Reference
If Boutros-Ghali is not reappointed, African countries will press for another African; women's groups are clamoring for a woman. From Wordnik.com. [Wannabbgs] Reference
Various interest groups are clamoring to thwart reform of Argentina's bloated bureaucracy, public spending and rampant tax evasion. From Wordnik.com. [Sharing Turkey's Pain] Reference
To achieve that growth, Whole Foods will need to open dozens of new stores in markets that may not be clamoring for spicy Thai tofu. From Wordnik.com. [THE GREEN MACHINE] Reference
Newspapers and magazines aren't going to clutter their pages with clunky barcodes unless there are readers clamoring for the service. From Wordnik.com. [The Practical Futurist: Boiling The Ocean] Reference
A separatist movement is brewing in faraway Irian Jaya, while oil-rich Riau is clamoring for a better revenue-sharing deal with Jakarta. From Wordnik.com. [The Promise Of Trouble] Reference
Here is who: People who make their living by Balkanizing America into elbow-throwing grievance groups clamoring for government preferment. From Wordnik.com. [DROPPING THE 'ONE DROP' RULE] Reference
Yet here those same kids are, manning the barricades against change, clamoring for state-enforced guarantees of benefits and job security. From Wordnik.com. [Seen on the Streets] Reference
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