Vocabulary
Clamour
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a loud and confused noise, especially that of people shouting.
Urdu meaning
ہنگامہ، شوروغل،فریاد کرنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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They know that for days to come, they and 20 million others of their age will have to clamour for places in the job market.Seats for the most popular sessions are always hard to come by.
Dawn Editorials —
Poets & politics
— 2026-02-19
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Yet, despite protests, sit-ins, and the clamour for accountability in both mainstream and social media, an apology from the mayoral office was late in coming.
Dawn Editorials —
Karachi`s death holes
— 2025-12-05
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Hence, the clamour for truth, freedom and an end to the harassment of the media heightens with each transgression.
Dawn Editorials —
Stale methods
— 2025-10-27
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Some MPs are questioning the propriety of such a payment by a sovereign to protect a prince, especially if the money went out of the privy purse.There is public clamour to have the prince stripped of his titles.
Dawn Editorials —
Randy Andy and...
— 2025-10-23
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Any expectation, though, that the orehestrated national mourning would drown out the clamour over Donald Trump`s close relationship with Jeffrey Epstein was dented by the dismissal of Britain`s ambassador to Washington on similar grounds.
Dawn Editorials —
Brazil`s unusual 9/11
— 2025-09-17
Synonyms
din, racket, loud noise, uproar, tumult, babel, shouting, yelling, screaming, baying,
Curator example
“the questions rose to a clamour”
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