Read full poem →And why would you leave us, when home lies at hand?
“Oh, when the sun calls me, then I can wait for no man,
But back I must go again, to my own land!”
Dictionary Entry
A telephone conversation.
In a Sentence
“I received several calls today.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. callscalls phonecalls telephone
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Poetry examples for “calls”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →JOAN. Nowhere. He roves about. Seeing the world, ’e calls it. Roving
blood. That’s been ’is curse; and mind, ’is roving blood, it haven’t
Read full poem →And the star from OEta's steep
Calls to bed but not to sleep.
Read full poem →Pope appears to have thought that this was derogatory to the character
of the fugitive king, and he calls him, when gazing on the ravages
caused by the storm, "the intrepid Theban," which conveys the impression
Read full poem →Repairs her smiles, awakens ev'ry grace,
And calls forth all the wonders of her face;
Sees by degrees a purer blush arise,
Read full poem →Rejudge his acts, and dignify disgrace.
When interest calls off all her sneaking train,
And all the obliged desert, and all the vain,
Read full poem →Live well, and fear no sudden fate;
When God calls virtue to the grave,
Alike 'tis justice soon or late,
Read full poem →The wits in envious feuds engage;
And Homer (damn him!) calls.
Read full poem →He makes his moan;
And calls her ghost,
For ever, ever, ever lost!
Read full poem →He bids your breasts with ancient ardour rise,
And calls forth Roman drops from British eyes.
Virtue confess'd in human shape he draws,