Sentence examples for called upon to retrieve from inspiring English sources

When Watson is called upon to retrieve Irene Adler's details in A Scandal in Bohemia, he finds her name "sandwiched between a Hebrew rabbi and a staff commander who had written a monograph upon the deep sea fishes".

Lawyers are frequently called upon to defend the indefensible.

Fortunately, he wasn't called upon to dance in public.

Was he ever actually called upon to make toasts?

I would be called upon to adjust my schedule.

Do you feel called upon to do anything in particular?

I may be called upon to help break the deadlock.

Kasper Schmeichel was not called upon to make a save.

Utilitarian, never just there, called upon to serve.

I never expected to be called upon to play.

In April, Mr. Russell was called upon to aid his birthplace.