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  • noun Plural form of clamour.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clamour.

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Examples

  • One Sampson had, when in exile, made the life of Peter Martyr a burden to him by his "clamours," doubts, and restless dissatisfaction.

    John Knox and the Reformation Andrew Lang 1878

  • In January Dinwiddie had reported “great clamours” in Williamsburg about the excessive numbers of officers in the regiment, compared to the few men to command.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • In January Dinwiddie had reported “great clamours” in Williamsburg about the excessive numbers of officers in the regiment, compared to the few men to command.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • Prohibit the direct election of Senators — this we know for obvious reasons, but generally to re-state: it would tie Senators to their state needs, separating them from the clamours of the populace who would eagerly vote to steal from 49% of the populace.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Federalism Restoration Amendment: Take 2 2010

  • In January Dinwiddie had reported “great clamours” in Williamsburg about the excessive numbers of officers in the regiment, compared to the few men to command.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • In January Dinwiddie had reported “great clamours” in Williamsburg about the excessive numbers of officers in the regiment, compared to the few men to command.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • Glimpses of Thelonious Monk's stuttery classics, Cuban dance-band clamours and dancing funk fused in astonishing conversations, with Moran sparking glittering runs off darting chord patterns, Mateen freely moving his fast basslines inside and outside the songs, and Waits building walls of sound that still glinted with detail.

    Jason Moran – review John Fordham 2010

  • She lets her mind drift as if by sliding into blurred existence, the clamours and needs that dwarf her might distil into something altogether more manageable.

    Ciara's Cloud 2010

  • They stood thus for perhaps three minutes, when, at a signal given by the Soldan, a hundred instruments rent the air with their brazen clamours, and each champion striking his horse with the spurs, and slacking the rein, the horses started into full gallop, and the knights met in mid space with a shock like a thunderbolt.

    The Talisman 2008

  • “But, madam, the bills for the new house itself are none of them settled, and he says that the moment he is known to discharge an account for the Temple, he shall not have any rest for the clamours it will raise among the workmen who were employed about the house.”

    Cecilia 2008

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