List of synonyms from "calling question" to synonyms from "calls for"


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Definition of the day : « calls down »

  • As in reproach : verb find fault with
  • As in vilify : verb criticize very harshly
  • As in berate : verb criticize hatefully
  • As in chasten : verb correct, humiliate
  • As in chide : verb criticize, lecture
  • As in condemn : verb blame, convict
  • As in admonish : verb warn, strongly criticize
Example sentences :
  • The lily then calls down a cloud, which appears in the bright likeness of a radiant youth in mid-air.
  • Extract from : « William Blake » by Irene Langridge
  • So I imagine the vengeance, the curse which calls down ruin upon the head of a foe.
  • Extract from : « Cleopatra, Complete » by Georg Ebers
  • But in spite of his "concealment," Ulysses has aspiration, which calls down the help of the Gods for fulfillment.
  • Extract from : « Homer's Odyssey » by Denton J. Snider
  • The clouds of despair close over her, and she calls down the vengeance of the gods upon the deserter.
  • Extract from : « The Standard Cantatas » by George P. Upton
  • Sir John doth ever say a wayside Mass in the early mornings, and calls down a blessing upon the Norwich road thereby.
  • Extract from : « The Serf » by Guy Thorne
  • It operates, and no doubt is designed so to do, as a check to that fearful wickedness that calls down such a doom.
  • Extract from : « Letters from Palestine » by J. D. Paxton
  • He also calls down upon his head the curses of every student who tries to use his book.
  • Extract from : « The Bay State Monthly, Volume 1, Issue 5, May, 1884 » by Various
  • I cannot contemplate such loveliness and associate it with the execrable sin which calls down vengeance upon this house.
  • Extract from : « The Circular Study » by Anna Katharine Green
  • Hence the judgment he calls down on those who thwarted and opposed him.
  • Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Second Book of Samuel » by W. G. Blaikie
  • It subdues the flesh and the world, and calls down Heaven to bless the happy pietist.
  • Extract from : « Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women » by George Sumner Weaver