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.
• Kat took the words as a calling.
  — News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2026
• That's part of our -- our calling.
  — ABC News, 19 Oct. 2025
• The guys who play for him get used to his style of play-calling.
  — Ben Thomas | [email protected], al, 2 Dec. 2020
• He's moved by the music and the weight of his calling.
  — Nichole Marks, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
• But that calling has often come with risks.
  — Anderson Cooper, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
• There's no greater calling in life than being a mom or dad.
  — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
• The ocean was his refuge, his playground, his calling.
  — Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2025
• Some schools are sticking with their play-by-play voice calling games from home.
  — oregonlive, 27 Mar. 2021
• Anyone who sees their work as a calling rather than just a job faces the same trap.
  — Kwame Christian Esq, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
• There was a stem-cell research lab, which felt, for a bit, like his calling.
  — Ryan D'agostino, Men's Health, 14 Mar. 2023
• Your number is now linked to their Alexa calling list.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Dec. 2025
• That’s something that is sort of my calling card or my staple.
  — Akili King, Essence, 27 Aug. 2025
• But this is the beginning of that calling, the first crack.
  — Nina Mesfin, New Yorker, 7 June 2026
• But who’s going to be there when the forest fires come a-calling?
  — Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2026
• Jason Pence had been the one calling.
  — Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 31 Dec. 2025
• For some, finding their calling can take a long time, if ever.
  — Gen Handley, SPIN, 19 Sep. 2022
• Focus on a good hide, use subtle calling, and let the ducks work in.
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
• LaFleur's coaching and play-calling were not good enough.
  — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Sep. 2025
• 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
• Buckle up, young Padawan, this is your calling.
  — PC Magazine, 1 Dec. 2025
• Buckle up, young Padawan, this is your calling.
  — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 26 June 2026
• 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
• 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
• Judge said some of the play calling can be scripted, but not for an entire game.
  — Tom Canavan, courant.com, 18 Dec. 2020
• In her view, their venture was more a calling than a full-fledged business.
  — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
• Writing prose and books seemed like a loftier calling.
  — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
• In this wheelhouse, Emery found his calling.
  — Phil Hay, New York Times, 21 May 2026