Synonym: occupation, profession, trade, vocation. Similar words: call in, call in question, galling, call into question, yelling, pulling, mulling, willing. Meaning: ['kɔːlɪŋ] n. the particular occupation for which you are trained.
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151. He just wanted people to stop calling him disadvantaged, an underachiever.
152. Some miners are calling for a nationwide strike in support of their sacked colleagues.
153. Who could be calling at this time of night ?
154. He frightened off his attacker by calling for the police.
155. It's a bit much calling me at three in the morning.
156. I'm glad she's going into medicine. It's a very worthy calling.
157. Calling her by her real name had always been one of his teases.
158. He was one of those touchy-feely guys who's always calling home to speak to the kids.
159. I distinctly heard the loudspeaker calling passengers for the Turin-Amsterdam flight.
160. You can get information on local services by calling this number.
161. I tried calling him, but he'd already left for work.
162. If you do that, you'll be calling the indignation of the masses down upon yourself.
163. The crew of the ship are calling for a raise in pay.
164. The group circulated petitions calling for a federal law to ban handguns.
165. Ramblers are calling for the right to roam to be made law.
166. Hark at him calling me lazy when he never walks anywhere if he can drive!
167. The party is calling for the phased withdrawal of troops from the island.
168. We will adhere to strict sales ethics, with none of the cold calling that has given the industry such a bad name.
169. I'm not calling you a liar - I'm just suggesting that you misunderstood the facts of the situation.
170. I tried calling him when I got here but he wasn't at home.
171. He demanded an apology from me for calling him a crook.
172. He could hear the others downstairs in different parts of the house calling his name.
173. They accused the President of incompetence(sentencedict .com), but stopped short of calling for his resignation.
174. They joined with the monarchists to insert a clause calling for a popular vote on the issue.
175. He replied that the UN had passed two major resolutions calling for a complete withdrawal.
176. Don't try to dignify those few hairs on your face by calling them a beard!
177. All kinds of birds are calling to one another in the bamboo forest.
178. Can you play the piano? It is also used with verbs of seeing, noticing, etc.:I can hear someone calling, and with passive infinitives:The video can be rented from your local store.
179. I wouldn't dignify this trash by calling it a novel.
180. Marine biologists are calling for Cardigan Bay to be created a marine nature reserve to protect the dolphins.
More similar words: call in, call in question, galling, call into question, yelling, pulling, mulling, willing, rolling, milling, smelling, chilling, swelling, spilling, trolling, spelling, appalling, shilling, dwelling, gruelling, labelling, compelling, thrilling, willingly, logrolling, rolling pin, fulfilling, polling day, unwillingly, channelling.