How to Use roll call in a Sentence

roll call

noun

• The roll call of the fallen was read aloud at the memorial service.
• Two students missed roll call.
• After roll call, the cadets were moved to a grassy area under a tree.
  — Teresa Moss, Arkansas Online, 27 Dec. 2022
• Back to the roll call: Spencer accepts Gabbby's rose, and… oh come on!
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 26 July 2022
• This story was updated at 6:51 p.m. to add the roll call vote on one of the bills.
  — Mike Cason | [e-mail], al, 28 Sep. 2021
• As the House began the sixth roll call vote, the impasse was not lost on anyone.
  — Amanda Kaufman, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Jan. 2023
• Find when a vote occurred, and click the roll call link to see who voted how.
  — John Kennedy, Popular Science, 22 Oct. 2020
• The list of the 31 departed, or soon to be, is hardly a roll call of the walking dead.
  — Robert Draper, New York Times, 30 May 2024
• The roll call of the dead is distressing: A 16-year-old girl in Columbus, Ohio.
  — Star Tribune, 24 Apr. 2021
• The Senate has five roll call votes on the measure scheduled for 10:30 a.m. EST.
  — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2021
• Democrats gathered in front of the chamber, many arm in arm, as the final roll call ticked down.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Nov. 2021
• And yes, there will be a roll call, unlike any other, both live and taped.
  — Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2020
• Later that day, once the convention is gaveled in, the roll call vote takes place.
  — Carla Frank, refinery29.com, 18 Aug. 2020
• The climax arrives when the sergeant conducts a surprise roll call.
  — Lauren Oyler, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2023
• The room was silent as the clerk read the roll call when the committee returned to take a vote on Perry’s amendment.
  — Sam Fortier, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023
• The roll call of films ranges from the highbrow to the decidedly grungy, the menu of a true movie fanatic.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
• Cantrell said each unit has a logbook for checks and a roll call for when youths are off-unit -- at school or in the dining hall.
  — Ginny Monk, Arkansas Online, 24 Aug. 2020
• Just the recent roll call of tragedy is disturbingly long.
  — NBC News, 31 May 2020
• The board passed the agreement through a roll call vote, although Blankenship, Munchus and Mims all voted no.
  — Heather Gann | [e-mail], al, 13 Oct. 2022
• Here's the roll call of great stories from our Impact Report.
  — Bill Glauber, Journal Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2024
• Consider the roll call of players now on the list: Lamar Jackson.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2020
• With a bullhorn, González yells a roll call for groups that gathered for the demonstration.
  — Justine Calma, The Verge, 14 Sep. 2023
• These sounds are the roll call of some of our most beloved onomatopoeias: crackle, sizzle, pop, slurp.
  — Yotam Ottolenghi, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2022
• Then, in a public meeting, the board will take a roll call on each candidate.
  — Laura Hancock, cleveland, 26 Apr. 2022
• For high school students, one of the most memorable parts of every first day of school is roll call.
  — Achiraya Kurth, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Dec. 2021
• The 18-year roll call of projects demonstrates a clear concept of what a museum of world folk arts can be.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2021
• The song caught fire on TikTok, with the track’s roll call of women being used as a springboard for dance-offs.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 2023
• The roll call had landed on Harry T. Burn, at 24 the youngest state lawmaker.
  — Katie Mettler, Star Tribune, 14 Aug. 2020
• Each name is added to an inauspicious roll call of the Black men and women killed at the hands of police that stretches back generations.
  — Chelsea Bailey, CNN, 9 Aug. 2024
• And raucous callouts to unions were strategically placed in many of the celebratory roll call votes.
  — Daniel Klaidman, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024