clamor
IPA: kɫˈæmɝ
noun
- A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation.
- Any loud and continued noise.
- A continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry.
verb
- (intransitive) To cry out and/or demand.
- (transitive) To demand by outcry.
- (intransitive) To become noisy insistently.
- (transitive) To influence by outcry.
- (obsolete, transitive) To silence.
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Examples of "clamor" in Sentences
- Righteous folks should savor this clamor from the foamy-mouthed bile-droolers.
- Their clamor was a faint echo in the gold-domed chamber where Bunda Chand struggled on the velvet-cushioned dais.
- Unfortunately for Urquhart, the only way to break through the media clamor is to have his most embarrassing gaffe resurrected.
- It's also a hypocrisy that so many of the same people claiming the "pro-life" moniker clamor for more executions by The Government they claim not to trust.
- "It's also a hypocrisy that so many of the same people claiming the "pro-life" moniker clamor for more executions by The Government they claim not to trust."
- AlphaLiberal says: "It's also a hypocrisy that so many of the same people claiming the "pro-life" moniker clamor for more executions by The Government they claim not to trust."
- In an overcrowded marketplace, where too many authors and titles clamor for review space and the reading public's attention, such distinctions matter, and the controversy generated by competitions does no harm to sales.
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