I leant out of the back door and called for Lucy.

We finished the main course in short order and called for more wine.

The government has called for an end to hostilities in the region.

In Juazeiro do Norte, demonstrators cornered the mayor inside a bank for hours and called for his impeachment, while thousands of others protested teachers’ salaries.

In fact, he had called for the execution of Yun Chich'ung and Kwon Sangyon in 1791.

This situation calls for a high degree of courage.

This called for an immediate response. A factory-wide meeting was called, and the head of the Workers' Rebellion Organization announced that a "counter-revolutionary clique" was on the loose.

I wasn't usually a big drinker but extenuating circumstances this week called for it.

desperate times call for desperate measures

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