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Definition of Clamoring

1. Noun. Loud and persistent outcry from many people. "He ignored the clamor of the crowd"

Definition of Clamoring

1. Verb. (present participle of clamor) ¹

2. Noun. A sound that clamors. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Clamoring

1. clamor [v] - See also: clamor

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clamoring

Literary usage of Clamoring

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years Personal Experience Among the Red Men by Richard Irving Dodge (1884)
"... Death Bed — Hia Will—clamoring for the Destruction of his Property—A Narrow Escape — The Sacrifice of Seventeen Horses — Firing the Pyre. ..."

2. Ten Years in Washington: Or, Life and Scenes in Our National Capital, as a by Mary Clemmer (1882)
"... Fine Opportunity for a Few Naughty Words—Lost Jewels—The Colored Folks in a Fix—Overpowered by Numbers—Six Thousand People clamoring for their Clothes ! ..."

3. The Canada Law Journal by Law Society of Upper Canada, William S. Hein & Company, Canadian Bar Association (1919)
"This time when an imported horde of anarchists is clamoring for an opportunity to pillage seems ill chosen for the breaking down of the constitutional ..."

4. The Methodist Review (1873)
"... who were clamoring to have the door opened. He says: They asked if I was a Union man or a Democrat. I told them I had always been a Union man. ..."

5. Woodrow Wilson: His Career, His Statesmanship, and His Public Policies by Hester Eloise Hosford (1912)
"We are clamoring for leadership." Who is best fitted to lead? The time has produced a man, a profound scholar, a persuasive and convincing orator, ..."

6. The Press and Politics in Japan: A Study of the Relation Between the by Kisaburō Kawabé (1921)
"... gradual growth of public opinion clamoring for war against Russia; impeachment of the government; unprecedented ceremonial address by Speaker Kono and ..."

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