1
a
: noisy shouting
a clamor of children at play
b
: a loud continuous noise
the clamor of the waterfall
2
: insistent public expression (as of support or protest)
the current clamor about what is wrong with our schools
clamored; clamoring
ˈklam-riŋ 
ˈkla-mər-iŋ
1
: to make a din (see din entry 1 sense 1)
The children clamored around them, singing songs and laughing.
2
: to become loudly insistent
clamored for his impeachment
clamoring for full independence
1
: to utter or proclaim insistently and noisily
cart peddlers clamored their wares—
Walter Farley
Walter Farley2
: to influence by means of clamor
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The clamor on Broadway at midday can be astonishing to a tourist from a midwestern town; if they happen to be digging up the street with jackhammers, the clamor can be even worse. The clamor on the floor of a stock exchange goes on without stopping for seven hours every day. A clamor of protest may sometimes be quieter, but is often just as hard to ignore. A politician who receives a thousand emails a day clamoring for his resignation might as well be listening to an angry crowd.
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Examples of clamor in a Sentence
Noun
A clamor outside woke them in the night.
city streets filled with clamor
a public clamor for an arrest in the case
There is growing clamor for reform.
Verb (1)
a dozen customers clamoring for service all at once
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Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2024
And the ongoing clamor for control over global semiconductor supply chains is another indicator of the high stakes of this emerging AI arms race.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
Lindsay M. Chervinsky / Made By History, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
Supply shortages coincided with higher consumer demand. Services inflation — which is generally more sensitive to labor costs — also jumped, partly influenced by a historically hot labor market as employers clamored for workers when the economy reopened, economists said.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2024
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Noun
The clamor over Lady Gaga’s fiancé telling her to make pop music again couldn’t have anticipated her next release to be a concept album of standards.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2024
And the ongoing clamor for control over global semiconductor supply chains is another indicator of the high stakes of this emerging AI arms race.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
Verb
Americans were furious at the insult to national sovereignty and clamored for war.
—Lindsay M. Chervinsky / Made By History, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
Supply shortages coincided with higher consumer demand. Services inflation — which is generally more sensitive to labor costs — also jumped, partly influenced by a historically hot labor market as employers clamored for workers when the economy reopened, economists said.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2024
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“Clamor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clamor. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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