"call" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Johansen called vainly for him to come down.
- She ran, her servant girl left far behind, calling after her vainly.
- Gordon heard Giron vainly calling Sandrell, with no response.
- Narby was in full flight, with Hugh and Ertz calling vainly after him.
- The 14 drugs most often purchased through the year ended June 1995 were all what the United States somewhat vainly calls controlled substances.
- Officers, on foot and horseback, repeatedly massed, advanced, retreated and then charged into the crowds, often running past superiors who called vainly for them to stay back.
- Calling vainly for her dog, Louisa pushed on deeper between the trees.
- At the end of twenty-four years, Faust vainly calls on God's mercy as Mephistopheles drags him away to Hell.
- Laurie called after her vainly.
- Will called vainly on every spell of defence at his command, yet knew that his hands were powerless to move to the Signs for help.
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