How to Use called into action in a Sentence

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• They may be called into action soon on that front, should an escalation in the conflict in the Middle East hit oil deliveries.
  — Jana Randow, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2023
• Bradley is ready, should he be called into action again.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Feb. 2022
• The election of Donald Trump in 2016 changed that; he felt called into action.
  — Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 24 May 2022
• If a doctor happens to be on board, they could be called into action.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2023
• There were a handful of other variants shared by all eight relatives — but only one of those genes was called into action in the heart.
  — Eric Boodman, STAT, 18 Feb. 2022
• Zronek, a 1972 graduate of Solon High School, will recount his experience when his ship was called into action to search for the crew.
  — cleveland, 6 Nov. 2022
• Malagon was called into action in the eighth minute, when Cameroon forward Karl Ekambi split two defenders on the left side and unleashed a hard shot inside the box that caromed off his chest.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2023
• In other words, they'll be called into action the moment they're gratefully received.
  — Jasmine Gomez, Women's Health, 11 Aug. 2023
• Rather, some of the genes called into action were those turned on during embryonic development.
  — Eric Boodman, STAT, 17 Nov. 2022
• Along with his special teams and defensive work, Kennedy was called into action as an emergency running back when a run of knee injuries decimated the depth chart last fall.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 5 Oct. 2022
• Dalton was called into action in October when Prescott suffered a compound fracture and dislocation in his right ankle.
  — Colleen Kane, chicagotribune.com, 17 Mar. 2021
• Not only were citizens called into action, the state’s renewable energy sector was also able to step up its production.
  — Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Sep. 2022
• After each instance, the players’ reputations were called into action in some way — as corroborating evidence, as a shield, as a liability.
  — Andrew Keh, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2023
• After each instance, the players’ reputations were called into action in some way — as corroborating evidence, as a shield, as a liability.
  — Andrew Keh, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024