How to Use calling in a Sentence

calling

noun
  • He had always felt a calling to help others.
  • He experienced a calling to enter the priesthood.
  • And all the name-calling in the world won't change that.
    — Errol Louis, CNN, 20 May 2021
  • Also, the coaches have to do the same with their schemes and play-calling.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 24 Dec. 2022
  • The star clearly knew his calling from a young age and put in the work to make his dreams come true.
    — Diane J. Cho, Peoplemag, 16 Oct. 2022
  • There is one new feature on the Echo Show: video calling.
    — Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Jokes can get old and stale, and the name-calling stopped being cute or fun for you a while ago.
    — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 8 Mar. 2021
  • This is the place Chaplain David Sparks found his calling.
    — Matt Sedensky, Star Tribune, 20 July 2021
  • Take my analogy away, this idea of a calling in the church.
    — Norma Gonzalez, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 May 2021
  • The key is to meet the attitude of a gobbler with your own calling.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 1 May 2024
  • And through all of her pain, Angela found her new calling.
    — James Brown, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2021
  • 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
  • There haven’t been any eye-popping tweets from Biden, and no name-calling.
    — James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Mar. 2021
  • 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
  • In June 2019, Bumble rolled out the new tech of voice and video in-app calling, as The Verge reported.
    — Dawn Ennis, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2021
  • 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
  • Our calling as artists, news reporters, and storytellers is to bring truth to the world.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Some schools are sticking with their play-by-play voice calling games from home.
    — oregonlive, 27 Mar. 2021
  • 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
  • The scheme hasn’t changed dramatically in the weeks since, nor has the play-calling.
    — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 9 Dec. 2021
  • These big flocks are vocal, and so heavy calling and good decoys are part of the program.
    — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 15 Mar. 2021
  • Alice Coltrane’s life and legacy is a series of those callings.
    — Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Black tailoring, as both a craft and a calling, has dressed generations—for Sunday service and first jobs, protest marches, and graduation stages.
    — Shelton Boyd-Griffith, Vogue, 25 Apr. 2025

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