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.
TVs. said previously that consumers are "clamouring" for an online, subscription-based. From Wordnik.com. [Edge Magazine - Videogames, Game News and Gaming Jobs] Reference
I heard strange clamouring of fowl, that screeched. From Wordnik.com. [The Seven Plays in English Verse] Reference
Outside enemies are clamouring at the doors of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Duty, v. 2 A year's plain sermons on the Gospels or Epistles] Reference
Calling, clamouring -- O venerable shade of EUCLID. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 25, 1914] Reference
In a little they were soon clamouring against our wall. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
We are continually clamouring for acts in lieu of words. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, July 17, 1841] Reference
Discharged seamen were again clamouring for pay, and the. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume II] Reference
Their offices were besieged by people clamouring for arms. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899] Reference
As the last sound died away Phoebe could be heard clamouring. From Wordnik.com. [Secret Bread] Reference
Gave the signal, long wish'd for, of clamouring and pouncing. From Wordnik.com. [The Peacock 'At Home:' A Sequel to the Butterfly's Ball] Reference
A little clamouring below, as to who was to blow a great shell that. From Wordnik.com. [Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island] Reference
After a little clamouring they all went off except Juliet and the baby. From Wordnik.com. [Littlebourne Lock] Reference
Importunity must not become a blind and uninspired clamouring for the thing we desire. From Wordnik.com. [The Threshold Grace] Reference
If it is obtrusive and aggressive, its appetites clamouring for supremacy, I pummel it!. From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
Jews were clamouring outside the Hall to have sentence of death passed upon their Victim. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (October 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
It served a definite end in rousing the spirit that was abroad, clamouring for nationalism. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes of Modern Europe] Reference
But what the public are clamouring to know is the price of Wensleydale cheese in Ilfracombe. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 7, 1917] Reference
The ha'penny was common property apparently, for each was presently clamouring for his share. From Wordnik.com. [Mrs. Day's Daughters] Reference
Then with a clamouring wind came the snow, blotting out all further vision of the tragedy ahead. From Wordnik.com. [A Mating in the Wilds] Reference
I feel as though I wanted to live in it again -- the servants are clamouring for me to go there. From Wordnik.com. [The Making of a Soul] Reference
It is little short of an insult to offer men historic frescoes when they are clamouring for bread. From Wordnik.com. [Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century] Reference
But immediately on the relaxation of that pain rose clamouring her anxiety for his safety -- his life. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference
Chamberlain, whose supporters -- the vast majority of the Unionists -- were clamouring for a fighting policy. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
The Jews, who have been clamouring for six months for the prophet, again beg to have him delivered into their hands. From Wordnik.com. [The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas] Reference
So clamouring he pursues, and brandishes his drawn sword, and sees not that his rejoicing is drifting with the winds. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid of Virgil] Reference
In its efforts to repudiate such a connection Governments resort to the trick of clamouring on behalf of "the people". From Wordnik.com. [The Masques of Ottawa] Reference
The Government makes no sign or move, though people who think are clamouring and asking "How long shall such things be?". From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 6, 1891] Reference
The born guide, when young, is generally to be found running after you barefooted, clamouring for coppers or cigarettes. From Wordnik.com. [From a Terrace in Prague] Reference
Boer guns all going at once, while "Long Tom," like some prominent solo-singer, dominated the whole clamouring orchestra. 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
Government makes no sign or move, though people who think are loudly clamouring, and asking, "How long shall such things be?". From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 6, 1891] Reference
The natives everywhere are clamouring for teachers and missionaries, education, enlightenment, and they are clamouring in vain. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary] Reference
The Admiral's relatives would inherit the property, and were already clamouring for it, when one night Fru Bergitta had a dream. From Wordnik.com. [Denmark] Reference
His work was hampered by the quest for gold, for which England was eagerly clamouring, and he disappears from our history of discovery. 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
London and the kingdom, the seamen of the fleet flocked to town in hundreds, clamouring for their wages, whilst their wives besieged the. From Wordnik.com. [The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore] Reference
Bonbright in the bushes by the path-side, Judith shook her off angrily, but let the clamouring little thing creep back and make her peace. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference
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