Sentence examples for felt called upon from inspiring English sources

Countries around the world felt called upon to bail out banks during the financial crisis.

Also, apparently, Mr. Ade felt called upon to be sparing in his satire.

In the course of her work, she also felt called upon to become a leader — and was no less powerful for being a reluctant one.

"Erich got so carried away," Ephron wrote, "that Jacqueline Susann, who is no slouch herself in the self-aggrandizement department, felt called upon to advise him against it.

He returned to England in February 1628, in triumph, though the government felt called upon to disavow his actions because of threats of reprisals against English merchants.

His superiors disapproved of steep skiing, and he felt called upon to preach a gospel of caution that he did not wholeheartedly subscribe to.

I did not campaign as a government-cutter, and I do not feel called upon to become one.

(In a song called "Give Him a Great Big Kiss," when a chorus suggests to the soloist that her boyfriend is "bad," she feels called upon to explain that "he's good-bad, but he's not evil").

Do you feel called upon to do anything in particular?

I do feel called upon to use American power to help create a freer world.

Tourette's is a public disorder but I think Tobias now feels at ease and doesn't feel called upon to apologise.