21 example sentences using call.
Call used in a sentence
Call in a sentence as a noun
It can only do calls, texts, and Sudoku.
I'm busy helping people while you're busy calling me a cock.
We had no API at all at launch, and last I checked, we had one measly API call.
" I mean, I was joking, but no... the only API call we offer is to get someone's stream.
I mean, imagine if the US and Canada got into a war over who could call they're syrup "maple syrup".
In order to tell whether the service is actually responding, you have to make individual calls.
Then, you will put on your Responsible Adult pants, call your employee into the office, and tell them the situation.
When entering the country, the passport clerk has exactly two options: let me in, or call the police and get me arrested on the spot.
The two are basically the same thing, because platforms solve accessibility.
There are dozens, maybe hundreds of individual learnings like these that Amazon had to discover organically.
Invariably, there are months of "last calls" and inactivity, only to have someone call a "wait, we need to do this" at the last minute that pulls everything back.
Call in a sentence as a verb
Microsoft Press was one of his favorite clients back in the day. Growing up, he'd tell me stories of disorganized secretaries at Microsoft sending him awful reference photos, so he'd look up the execs in the phonebook and call them at home.
There are probably a hundred or even two hundred different ways you can compare the two companies, and Google is superior in all but three of them, if I recall correctly.
A teeny tiny sampling of these discoveries included:- pager escalation gets way harder, because a ticket might bounce through 20 service calls before the real owner is identified.
I hate... plussing, or whatever it's called when you do a massive rant in Google+ even though it's a terrible venue for it but you do it anyway because in the end you really do want Google to be successful.
The stock icons look outright ugly; interfaces like the call-answer screen and the calculator look poorly designed, and everything has the sense that it just needs another run or two through the review process.
When I finally did get back on the grid, I had found that my brother, girlfriend, and work colleagues had all been desperately looking for me when I hadn't shown up to work, and had been calling hospitals and police stations.
"I was offered the chance to make a phone call, but the only number I even have memorized anymore is my mother's, and despite knowing that my friends were probably scared to death looking for me, I wasn't at the point of calling her.
During that time, the female arresting officer would periodically come by to taunt me, and tell me that I shouldn't have questioned her, and then threw a huge tantrum when I requested not to be touched by her for fingerprinting.
I'd wager it's less than 40%.No, what typically happens is that an analyst or software dev notices someone's cool spreadsheet and says "hey, I can make something that does this job, but it'll be a LOT faster and I'll put the data up in the cloud and multiple people can access it at once and..."And that sounds great, so they get a little budget and a project is born.
You'll call me a cock, and then I'll rip you in half verbally, and then you'll forget that you called me a cock and go off telling everyone I'm such a big bad bullying meanie for all the horrible awful things I said to you, and then I'll be crushed by the general opinion all you highly influential meaningful people have about me that I'll...Wait, actually I don't give a **** what you think.
Call definitions
a telephone connection; "she reported several anonymous calls"; "he placed a phone call to London"; "he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call"
a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course; "he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call"
See also: Call
a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience"
See also: outcry yell shout vociferation
a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty"
See also: claim
the characteristic sound produced by a bird; "a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age"
a brief social visit; "senior professors' wives no longer make afternoon calls on newcomers"; "the characters in Henry James' novels are forever paying calls on each other, usually in the parlor of some residence"
a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement
a demand for a show of hands in a card game; "after two raises there was a call"
a request; "many calls for Christmas stories"; "not many calls for buggywhips"
an instruction that interrupts the program being executed; "Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed"
a visit in an official or professional capacity; "the pastor's calls on his parishioners"; "the salesman's call on a customer"
(sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee; "he was ejected for protesting the call"
the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to; "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"
See also: name
ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality; "He called me a bastard"; "She called her children lazy and ungrateful"
get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"
utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me"
order, request, or command to come; "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!"
pay a brief visit; "The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens"
See also: visit
call a meeting; invite or command to meet; "The Wannsee Conference was called to discuss the `Final Solution'"; "The new dean calls meetings every week"
read aloud to check for omissions or absentees; "Call roll"
send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message; "Hawaii is calling!"; "A transmitter in Samoa was heard calling"
utter a characteristic note or cry; "bluejays called to one another"
stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather; "call a football game"
greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name; "He always addresses me with `Sir'"; "Call me Mister"; "She calls him by first name"
See also: address
make a stop in a harbour; "The ship will call in Honolulu tomorrow"
demand payment of (a loan); "Call a loan"
make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands; "He called his trump"
give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance
indicate a decision in regard to; "call balls and strikes behind the plate"
make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election"
See also: predict foretell prognosticate forebode anticipate promise
require the presentation of for redemption before maturation; "Call a bond"
challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense; "He deserves to be called on that"
declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee; "call a runner out"
lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal; "Call ducks"
order or request or give a command for; "The unions called a general strike for Sunday"
order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role; "He was already called 4 times for jury duty"; "They called him to active military duty"
utter in a loud voice or announce; "He called my name"; "The auctioneer called the bids"
challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of; "call the speaker on a question of fact"
consider or regard as being; "I would not call her beautiful"
rouse somebody from sleep with a call; "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning"