Sentence examples for getting called on from inspiring English sources

The site has it both ways it is taken seriously in Washington, getting called on at White House press conferences, while also being a purveyor of trash.

"I think you'll see us try to take advantage of the fact that those guys aren't getting called on by the full-service investment banks," he says.

As IBM builds out other enterprise partnerships with the likes of Apple, it's presumably getting called on to provide ever more expertise — and labor — around the job of conceiving of and building mobile apps and other digital experiences, and this will help fill that need, too.

I am told that around this time, one of the reporters in the room, hoping to ask a question about the debt ceiling, was overheard whispering, "Is this really happening?" It was! (That reporter ended up not getting called on to ask an actual question of substance).

Just like when you're in class and your friend tells you a funny joke, to avoid from laughing and getting called on by the teacher, you quickly switch to reading your book, or looking out the window to refocus your mind on something else.

One night, he complained that he was not getting called on in class and knew why.

When you get called on, stick to one question "out of respect for your traveling colleagues".

It gets called on more often than you'd probably think.

Oppenheimer and his colleagues get called on during volcanic crises to help with ground-based remote sensing of ash clouds.

If you don't get called on your winning hands, and you're often called on your bluffs, you're probably exhibiting a "tell" and giving away your hand through body language.

It was obvious Georgia would be good at pool; girls never say that unless they are, because it's always the one you get called on.