Calling

//ˈkɔːlɪŋ//

"Calling" in a Sentence (11 examples)

Sven was so verbose that his friends resorted to calling him a chatterbox.

Now I have to leave, they're calling for my flight.

I heard someone calling me from a distance.

Stop calling me names. That'll do you no good.

He got mad at me for calling him Shorty.

Please excuse me for calling you by your first name.

Tom is accustomed to calling up girls on the telephone.

Who is calling, please?

Look, someone is calling you.

Everybody is calling for sweeping reforms.

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Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster.

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