Crossword clues for clamoring
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Clamor \Clam"or\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clamored; p. pr. & vb. n. Clamoring.]
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To salute loudly. [R.]
The people with a shout Rifted the air, clamoring their god with praise.
--Milton . To stun with noise. [R.]
--Bacon.-
To utter loudly or repeatedly; to shout.
Clamored their piteous prayer incessantly.
--Longfellow.To clamor bells, to repeat the strokes quickly so as to produce a loud clang.
--Bp. Warbur?ion.
Wiktionary
alt. (present participle of clamor English) n. A sound that clamors. vb. (present participle of clamor English)
WordNet
n. loud and persistent outcry from many people; "he ignored the clamor of the crowd" [syn: clamor, clamour, clamouring, hue and cry]
Usage examples of "clamoring".
He glanced over at Tall Eyebrow again, who was trying to answer questions from three delegates at once, all of whom were clamoring for his sole attention.
She had trials enough with the entire Mental Sciences division clamoring for brain scans, thanks to the Inspector General.
Laria said, dropping to her knees to embrace the other Tower 'Dinis clamoring for news of their friends.
Since the harpers were all now clamoring for news from Benden, Jaxom decided to let Ruth handle the fire-lizards.
It was a joyful, clamoring racket of feeding, cooperating, and challenging.
He picked up Smooth and whirled her, squealing, through the sunlit air, while Sunset pulled at his legs, clamoring for attention.
But the woman bit into one of the masses, and broke up others, throwing handfuls to the clamoring children.
His hands shook noticeably, and he stared at the main doors so fixedly that Hanna expected a brace of Eika to come clamoring in, axes raised for a fight.
The servants wailed aloud, all clamoring at once, but he raised a hand for silence.
It is for that purpose that we are clamoring for a greater army and navy, more battleships and ammunition.
Every movement that aims at the destruction of existing institutions and the replacement thereof with something more advanced, more perfect, has followers who in theory stand for the most radical ideas, but who, nevertheless, in their every-day practice, are like the average Philistine, feigning respectability and clamoring for the good opinion of their opponents.
If he or she has visitors beating at the door, clamoring day and night, the sage has no time to think.
Well, if it were easier, I'd be surrounded, overwhelmed, with people clamoring for the Truth night and day.
The span was narrow, though, and quickly a mob formed, shoving and clamoring to be the next across the gorge.
At the root of all the questions clamoring for answers lurked a truly gnawing fear.