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.
Flying waterfalls and rolling torrents outdo one another in clamour and confusion. From Wordnik.com. [Fir-Flower Tablets: Poems Translated From the Chinese] Reference
But there was no clamour from the five groups that discussed in earnest undertones the question of "to be or not to be.". From Wordnik.com. [High Albania] Reference
Richard rocking with the radium – urgent passion of the night: the huge, desirous swing, the call clamour, the low hiss of retreat. From Wordnik.com. [Kangaroo] Reference
The only sound I heard in all the clamour was the tread of our feet on the cobbles, and the breathing of Richard Byron beside me. From Wordnik.com. [Madam Will You Talk]
Western "clamour" will affect talks - Iran official. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to India inks nuclear pact with Argentina] Reference
There was another outburst of noisy cheering, followed by a new kind of clamour. From Wordnik.com. [Innocent : her fancy and his fact] Reference
In today's Sun, the "clamour" for Kenny Dalglish has reached semi-deafening, almost audible insect-whisper levels. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
It is not the people's way to clamour for the moon. From Wordnik.com. [The Conquest of Bread] Reference
Historian: Ignoring the clamour, more to himself. From Wordnik.com. [In the Jaws of Kronos, scene 4] Reference
They clamour for change, mistaking change for progress. From Wordnik.com. [Ideala] Reference
The sound of the oars was drowned by the clamour of the mob. From Wordnik.com. [The Tory Maid] Reference
One feature of this Fowey creek is its constant clamour of seagulls. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
For a moment all was clamour and confusion; then Luerson approached Mr. From Wordnik.com. [The Island Home] Reference
The hogs knew they were to be fed and set up their usual noisy clamour. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
A cinnamon-coloured Croesus in the group spoke softly into the clamour. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Luck] Reference
"I want to save him -- now," Sister Marion strove to say above the clamour. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
How can the public clamour after Westminster's expenses debacle have subsided?. From Wordnik.com. [How reform lost its allure] Reference
Irishmen clamour for independence, to be free from England, and wonder why they are not. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882] Reference
The trumpeting clamour of public praise is not to be relied on as the creditor of the future. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet"] Reference
We turn Gethsemane into "a place of strife," and we carry our clamour even to Calvary itself. From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
This was preparing the way for the final scene when the men began to clamour for their money. From Wordnik.com. [India and the Indians] Reference
He went on to dwell on the danger of 'condescending either to clamour or to fear,' and added. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
While somewhere in the nether world, my bailiwick, their carcasses clamour dumbly for sentience. From Wordnik.com. [E (novel extract)] Reference
As he fell a great blackness rose around him, and with it the bewildered clamour of awakened dogs. From Wordnik.com. [Uncanny Tales] Reference
A "shrill clamour of rejoicing and the screaming flight of terrified children" hailed his approach. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
Cutting went away before the Regiment Chests were finished; there is great clamour about them tho Doctr. From Wordnik.com. [Drug Supplies in the American Revolution] Reference
For a moment, she ignored the clamour of the people around her, and saw the water descend in slow motion. From Wordnik.com. [At the back of the crowd] Reference
Full of clamour, a populous city, a joyous city: thy slain are not slain by the sword, nor dead in battle. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 27: Isaias The Challoner Revision] Reference
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice. From Wordnik.com. [When the Holy Ghost is Come] Reference
I do not obtain the vitalizing air through controversy, or clamour, or idle lamentation, but by opening the window!. From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
King of France, deafened by the clamour of cackling advice from his aristocracy, either could not or would not hear. From Wordnik.com. [The Spirit of Lafayette] Reference
Though the jaunty finale is perhaps a little parochial, the clamour of jazz-horn quotes make a good fireworks finale. From Wordnik.com. [Mike Westbrook and Kate Westbrook: Fine 'n Yellow] Reference
For instance, when the clamour of battle was at its loudest, when no voice of officer could be heard, and the stricken. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
Fishermen forget this sentiment when they denounce the clamour of the check and lay all their money on the silent reel. From Wordnik.com. [Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler] Reference
The clamour of little falls, the solemn suggestion of wind in the pines, the sweet broken jangle of cow-bells, a catbird in. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference
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