clarion call

noun

: a strong request for something to happen

—usually singular

He used his speech to sound a clarion call for affordable health care.

the leader's clarion call to action

Examples of clarion call in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

One moderate congressman is sounding a centrist clarion call. — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 6 July 2026

This would seem to be a clarion call for the president of the United States, and a populist one at that. — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026

The health consequences are deeply troubling and should be a clarion call to all of us that change is needed. — Jean Case, Time, 14 May 2026

That should be a clarion call for innovators in AI, diagnostics, therapeutics, housing, robotics, caregiving, and financial protection. — Ken Dychtwald, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026

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