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  • verb Present participle of clamor.
  • noun A sound that clamors.

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  • noun loud and persistent outcry from many people

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Examples

  • The type - writer people were again clamoring for money, insistently pointing out that according to the agreement rent was to be paid strictly in advance.

    Chapter 28 2010

  • The type - writer people were again clamoring for money, insistently pointing out that according to the agreement rent was to be paid strictly in advance.

    Chapter 28 1908

  • Christianity; and at Polycarp's martyrdom they joined the heathens in clamoring for his being cast to the lions; and when there was an obstacle to this, for his being burnt alive; and with their own hands they carried logs for the pile. synagogue of Satan -- Only once is the term "synagogue" in the New

    Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

  • Lady in Red and Pure Platinum are now the flagship wines of Kestrel and have allowed the Prosser winery to gain that elusive notice ... a tough thing to do when there are 500 other Washington wine labels clamoring for our attention.

    Tri-City Herald: Front 2009

  • I don't recall clamoring for any such thing, but someone must have been.

    Film.com Movie Blog 2008

  • Brett Huston , a vice president of human resources at Spectra Logic Corp. of Boulder, Colo., says older employees have been " clamoring " for ways to protect their s avings since the market meltdown of 2008.

    New 401(k) Safety Strategies Jane J. Kim 2010

  • How much real "clamoring" is there out there for charter schools?

    Archive 2009-06-01 Jim Horn 2009

  • How much real "clamoring" is there out there for charter schools?

    DFER Propaganda Pumping Charters Jim Horn 2009

  • She admits that she has spent her life "clamoring" for happiness, and then the poem poses several questions to the reader:

    News at Eleven: Many of the poems in Evidence Rus Bowden 2009

  • She admits that she has spent her life "clamoring" for happiness, and then the poem poses several questions to the reader:

    Archive 2009-06-01 Rus Bowden 2009

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