How to Use rallying cry in a Sentence

rallying cry

noun
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  • Since the ‘80s, that’s been the rallying cry of Morris Day, lead singer of The Time.
    — Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 8 Sep. 2022
  • It’s the rallying cry of CEOs and leaders all over the world.
    — Ellevate, Forbes, 6 July 2021
  • That’s been the data point and rallying cry for more than 20 years.
    — The Enquirer, 29 Aug. 2022
  • That goes down as the rallying cry for the rest of Oregon State’s season.
    — John Canzano, oregonlive, 31 Oct. 2021
  • One of the rallying cries the retail traders used was HODL: hold on for dear life.
    — Rebecca Angelo, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Then Petrie dropped the mic with what has been USD’s rallying cry all season.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Dec. 2022
  • So why aren’t the Democrats turning this into a rallying cry?
    — Molly Jong-Fast, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Critics of the phrase say the rallying cry advocates for the genocide of Jews.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The issue has become a rallying cry for the midterm elections.
    — CBS News, 5 June 2022
  • The phrase has since become a far-right rallying cry against the president.
    — al, 24 Nov. 2021
  • Some teams could use the challenge of a back-to-back as a rallying cry, while others simply throw in the towel.
    — Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2023
  • For years, this mantra has been the industry’s rallying cry for change.
    — Rita Numerof, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022
  • The coach’s words before tipoff sounded like a rallying cry.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2023
  • On the trail, Trump has sought to turn his legal problems into a rallying cry.
    — Hannah Knowles and Maeve Reston, Anchorage Daily News, 29 June 2023
  • Across the period of the civil rights era, Emmett Till was a rallying cry.
    — ABC News, 16 Jan. 2022
  • McClain’s death became a rallying cry in the months of protests that followed.
    — Derek Hawkins, Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2022
  • It’s a rallying cry for people to wake up to all of the destruction against Mother Earth.
    — Jessica Goodman, Glamour, 22 July 2021
  • The color red is a rallying cry to the communism that Joe Biden is spreading throughout the U.S.
    — Sarah Hutto, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2022
  • The mother and son’s deaths became a rallying cry for fellow refugees.
    — Victoria Kim Los Angeles Times, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Jan. 2022
  • The more heavy-handed and imperious the top dog becomes, the stronger your rallying cry grows.
    — Jeremy Andrus, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2021
  • What is your brand promise to your customers, and what is the one-line rallying cry for your brand that will drive your content team over the long run?
    — Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 29 Feb. 2024
  • That served as a big rallying cry and gave new direction to the company, the three cofounders agree.
    — Sergei Klebnikov, Forbes, 11 June 2021
  • The founders invoked slavery as a rallying cry to marshal their forces.
    — Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Still, that process could cause chaos and be used as a rallying cry behind election disputes.
    — Nicholas Riccardi, ajc, 30 Dec. 2021
  • One resulted in a rallying cry for the Arab Spring, and the other remains the iconic martyr of the Vietnam War.
    — Elliot Ackerman, Time, 31 Aug. 2021
  • Their rallying cry was the construction of a wall along the Southern border to keep migrants out.
    — New York Times, 25 Aug. 2021
  • The phrase is a rallying cry critical of the Cuban government.
    — Louisville Courier Journal, 14 July 2021
  • His death became a rallying cry for the Black Lives Matter movement.
    — Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 1 June 2022
  • By Tuesday, it was getting seized on as something of a semi-ironic rallying cry.
    — Jason Abbruzzese, NBC News, 3 July 2024
  • Others have simply taken Vance's comments and run with them, espousing Vance's comments as something of a rallying cry.
    — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 24 July 2024

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