How to Use calling in a Sentence

calling

noun
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  • One of the hall of fame broadcaster’s calling cards was the ability to tackle any sport.
    — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Dec. 2022
  • And to keep going, to plug up the holes in this dam with our freezing and exhausted fingers, is our calling.
    — Hannah Matthews, Time, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Six people who found a new creative calling later in life — or for whom recognition was long overdue.
    — Laura May Todd, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2024
  • His interest — or calling, some might argue — in always spiffing up for the outside world goes back to his teenage years.
    — Paige Darrah, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2022
  • Injuries, underperformance and play-calling are just some of the issues that have readers miffed.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The downside is that relying on chat apps forces you to use the same app as your calling partner(s), and that app is probably owned by some giant tech company.
    — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Scarbrough believes despite Robinson's death, this must be her daughter's calling from a higher spirit.
    — Journal Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Then, actor George Clooney, a major Democratic donor, penned an op-ed calling on the president to step aside.
    — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 11 July 2024
  • In 1991, scientists observed desert cicadas during a partial eclipse and noticed a long stop in their calling.
    — Trilce Estrada Olvera, The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2024
  • On Monday, there was an overdose of screen passes to nowhere and costly mistakes compounded with questionable play-calling.
    — Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Cancer June 21 – July 22 Teaching might be your calling for the time being.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Each felt a calling for their work — Boyd after his prayer for a homeless man to find a job was answered, Schmiedeke after four years spent living on couches and in cars with his mother.
    — Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2024
  • Immediately, Weaver felt a calling, and the Mile High City seemed like an apt place to launch a similar concept.
    — Tiney Ricciardi, The Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2024
  • Discovery for that case closed in June; Lexington is expected to submit a brief calling for dismissal of the claims in July.
    — Robert Klemko, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
  • So, of course, the Wilson Phillips singer’s two daughters with her husband, guitarist Rob Bonfiglio, have found their musical calling, too.
    — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Also, the coaches have to do the same with their schemes and play-calling.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 24 Dec. 2022
  • The key is to meet the attitude of a gobbler with your own calling.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 1 May 2024
  • Keep Perspective At the end of the day, cold calling can be a numbers game.
    — James Nelson, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
  • There was a stem-cell research lab, which felt, for a bit, like his calling.
    — Ryan D'agostino, Men's Health, 14 Mar. 2023
  • And check the calling card cause Chico Forti's numbers on it three times.
    — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Such skills have always been part of Barnes’ calling card.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Kelly’s play calling didn’t adjust to the fierce pass rush.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2023
  • But poor duck calling isn’t anything new; some ’fowlers are good, and some…well, are not.
    — M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Jon Finkel’s calling as a book whisperer to burly bros can be traced to the summer of 2005.
    — Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Hong found his calling at age 17 working in the kitchen at an L.A. sushi restaurant.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2023
  • In her view, their venture was more a calling than a full-fledged business.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
  • The cause of restoring the sanctity of life to the center of American law is the calling of our time.
    — CBS News, 23 Apr. 2023
  • The Dons operate out of the Wing T and Doyle’s calling card is a ruthless running game.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Soon there was no doubt in his mind: His true calling was to be a full-time Christian pastor.
    — Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The shooting set off a local firestorm, with some calling for murder charges to be brought.
    — Christian Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2023

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