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.
• Also, the coaches have to do the same with their schemes and play-calling.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 24 Dec. 2022
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Soon there was no doubt in his mind: His true calling was to be a full-time Christian pastor.
  — Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2023
• The shooting set off a local firestorm, with some calling for murder charges to be brought.
  — Christian Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2023
• Like preferring to speak face-to-face over video-calling.
  — Daisy Jones, Vogue, 18 Feb. 2023
• The flashing lights and bright yellow signage are the restaurant’s calling card.
  — Ximena N. Beltran Quan Kiu, Bon Appétit, 16 June 2023
• Juan Garcia, creator of the Goat Mafia pop-up, found his calling as a birriero over a dozen years ago.
  — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2023
• The Beavers didn’t stray far from what has been their offensive calling card in recent years.
  — Ndaschel, oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2023
• They were stunned and struggling to make sense of the violence that claimed the life of someone whose calling was rooted in peace and love.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2023
• London’s calling, but Devin Lloyd won’t be able to answer.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2023
• One issue is that Mann needs a character with soul, not just a calling.
  — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023
• His defense and game calling has also remained a work in progress.
  — Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 22 Dec. 2022
• His career has been built around his game calling and pitch framing.
  — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 4 Jan. 2023
• As for his own, well, Culkin is grateful to have finally found his calling.
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 20 Jan. 2024
• Direct messages in the X app, and toggle the Enable audio and video calling option to off.
  — Dhruv Mehrotra, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2024
• Monchi’s calling card, his pièce de résistance, was his signing of Dani Alves, two decades ago.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 23 June 2023
• Defense will serve as the calling card for the 2023 Cowboys, no matter how this story unfolds.
  — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 11 Sep. 2023
• That includes Alina and Mal, who part ways to pursue their own callings, and the Crows, who are about to take on their biggest job ever.
  — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 18 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024