Example sentences from the Web for clamour

Outside parliament, anyone who challenged the clamour for partition was devoured by the mobs.
India’s Newest State Telangana Is Bosnia Redux|Kranti Rai|March 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Suddenly, on the upper floor, Colonel John heard a door open, and the clamour of a voice raised in anger.
The Wild Geese|Stanley John Weyman
Public talk and clamour may do something for the poor Irish, as it did for the slaves in the West Indies.
Peter Plymley's Letters|Sydney Smith
The whole crowd heard the words, for Michel's voice was pitched in a high, shrill key, which rang above the clamour and the babel.
Stories By English Authors: France|Various

I warned them at the beginning to abstain from clamour of this sort and to carry on the affair rather with writings and arguments.
Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam|Ephraim Emerton
The people clamoured for a king, certainly from inferior motives, and Samuel yielded to their clamour.
The Expositor's Bible: The Second Book of Samuel|W. G. Blaikie

clamour

US clamor

/ (ˈklæmə) /

noun

a loud persistent outcry, as from a large number of people

a vehement expression of collective feeling or outragea clamour against higher prices

a loud and persistent noisethe clamour of traffic

verb

(intr; often foll by for or against) to make a loud noise or outcry; make a public demandthey clamoured for attention

(tr) to move, influence, or force by outcrythe people clamoured him out of office

Derived forms of clamour

clamourer or US clamorer, nounclamorous, adjectiveclamorously, adverbclamorousness, noun

Word Origin for clamour

C14: from Old French clamour, from Latin clāmor, from clāmāre to cry out

Words nearby clamour

clam diggers, clam-flat, clammy, clamor, clamorous, clamour, clamp, clampdown, clamp down on, clamper, clamp forceps

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单词	clamour
释义	Example sentences from the Web for clamour Outside parliament, anyone who challenged the clamour for partition was devoured by the mobs. India’s Newest State Telangana Is Bosnia Redux\|Kranti Rai\|March 22, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Suddenly, on the upper floor, Colonel John heard a door open, and the clamour of a voice raised in anger. The Wild Geese\|Stanley John Weyman Public talk and clamour may do something for the poor Irish, as it did for the slaves in the West Indies. Peter Plymley's Letters\|Sydney Smith The whole crowd heard the words, for Michel's voice was pitched in a high, shrill key, which rang above the clamour and the babel. Stories By English Authors: France\|Various I warned them at the beginning to abstain from clamour of this sort and to carry on the affair rather with writings and arguments. Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam\|Ephraim Emerton The people clamoured for a king, certainly from inferior motives, and Samuel yielded to their clamour. The Expositor's Bible: The Second Book of Samuel\|W. G. Blaikie clamour US clamor / (ˈklæmə) / noun a loud persistent outcry, as from a large number of people a vehement expression of collective feeling or outragea clamour against higher prices a loud and persistent noisethe clamour of traffic verb (intr; often foll by for or against) to make a loud noise or outcry; make a public demandthey clamoured for attention (tr) to move, influence, or force by outcrythe people clamoured him out of office Derived forms of clamour clamourer or US clamorer, nounclamorous, adjectiveclamorously, adverbclamorousness, noun Word Origin for clamour C14: from Old French clamour, from Latin clāmor, from clāmāre to cry out Words nearby clamour clam diggers, clam-flat, clammy, clamor, clamorous, clamour, clamp, clampdown, clamp down on, clamper, clamp forceps Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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