Sentence examples for sometimes called upon from inspiring English sources
A veteran of the civil rights movement, Mr. Foster is sometimes called upon to memorialize his former compatriots.
It is also so democratic that members of the congregation are sometimes called upon to speak, when the pastor (who is elected) has to be away.
The church now had well over 100 families, and Juror 9 had become one of its leaders, a deacon sometimes called upon to preach.
FORTUNE Venture Capitalists Acting as I.T. Consultants | Venture capitalists, who get early looks at software being developed by start-ups, are sometimes called upon for their insights into the latest innovations in enterprise software, Bloomberg Businessweek writes.
"We had secretaries who were black, [too]." Pinkett said he was sometimes called upon to be the public face of Trump's business when he needed to engage minority communities.
Following an administration, lawyers are sometimes called upon to see if there is evidence that a company's director's have breached their fiduciary duties, potentially providing the basis for legal action.
At Time, Inc., the CEO Joe Ripp has spoken very warmly of the notion that the editors of his magazines, including Time, would sometimes be called upon to create sponsored content.
Certainly a snapshot is a pretty superficial look at a $10,000-plus investment, but the Porsche enthusiast network is well-organized and takes itself seriously enough that Porsche Club of America and Porsche Owners Club members can be called upon, sometimes for a small fee, sometimes just for the fun of it, to do a prepurchase inspection for you.
Sometimes when this happened, I'd be called upon to explain things.
He wrote in 1957: "I go in for what is known in the trade as 'light writing' and those who do that – humourists they are sometimes called – are looked down upon by the intelligentsia and sneered at".
The character of Allan M'Aulay was based upon the historical James Stewart of Ardvorlich, sometimes called the "Mad Major".
