Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: clamoring
IPA transcription: [kl'æmɚɪŋ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: clamor, clamoring, clamour, clamouring, hue_and_cry
    Meaning: loud and persistent outcry from many people; "he ignored the clamor of the crowd"
Usage examples
  • We joined the weltering mass, Clamoring over their outfits, waiting to climb the Pass. We tightened our girths and our pack-straps; we linked on the Human Chain, Struggling up to the summit, where every step was a pain.
  • For grub meant gold to our thinking, and all that could walk must pack; The sheep for the shambles stumbled, each with a load on its back; And even the swine were burdened, and grunted and squealed and rolled, And men went mad in the moment, huskily clamoring "Gold!"
  • And then that harmless, but persistent, individual so numerous in the South--the man who is always clamoring for more cotton mills, and is ready to take a dollar's worth of stock, provided he can borrow the dollar--that man added his deadly work to the tourist's innocent praise, and Okochee fell.