How to Use calling card in a Sentence

calling card

noun
  • In recent years, that fight for pay equality has been the women’s team’s calling card.
    Andrew Das, New York Times, 8 July 2019
  • That dedication to the craft is Singh’s calling card across sports.
    Jon Tayler, SI.com, 3 July 2018
  • Defense was supposed to be the calling card for this team after that unit looked so dominant last year.
    C.j. Doon, Baltimore Sun, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Manilow, so far as is known, has yet to record any songs remotely akin to the bluesy hard rock that has long been Etheridge’s calling card.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2019
  • El Taco Alegre’s calling card will be its dozen salsa options, the couple said.
    Rafael Guerrero, Elgin Courier-News, 7 June 2019
  • History is Delvaux’s calling card—down to the location of its stores.
    Joshua Levine, WSJ, 5 Nov. 2018
  • Both are sleekly clad in black and have a contrasting light pine interior that seems to be the company’s calling card.
    Liz Stinson, Curbed, 9 Nov. 2018
  • Imagine if criminals conveniently left calling cards at crime scenes that helped describe the culprits.
    Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 29 May 2018
  • One of the things that is Nancy Pelosi’s calling card is her maturity and her experience.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 18 July 2019
  • Haim’s effortless crowd-pleasing, which has been the trio’s calling card as a live act and took many forms during their excellent Friday headlining set.
    Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 22 July 2019
  • Those also demonstrated the blending of worlds—gilded and grand, but embellished with spikes—that has become Altuzarra’s calling card.
    Monica Kim, Vogue, 2 Mar. 2019
  • With its punchy contemporary design, the hotel has become a calling card for a more cosmopolitan Budapest.
    Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 20 Nov. 2024
  • While many backup catchers around the league are almost solely relied on for defense, Vogt’s calling card is his bat, which is especially valuable against right-handed pitchers.
    Kerry Crowley, The Mercury News, 17 June 2019
  • For years, Khan had made a point of carrying around pocket Constitutions just like it and passing them out to visitors at his Virginia home like calling cards.
    Louis Bayard, New York Times, 28 May 2018
  • Efficient, budget-friendly production has remained the company’s calling card.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2024
  • These days, Black Pumas’ live stuff is the band’s calling card.
    Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 19 Jan. 2020
  • The big plays are clearly the calling card of Williams, the transfer from Ohio State.
    Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 16 Nov. 2021
  • And so from then on, 18 would be Penske’s calling card at the speedway.
    Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 1 June 2023
  • On the wall is a painting of a rat, which was Bansky's calling card.
    Andrea Towers, EW.com, 11 Nov. 2021
  • But Matild Palace’s calling card is a deft balance of past and present.
    Alia Akkam, Robb Report, 20 July 2021
  • The Creator’s calling card comes in the form of the recipe for his most stunning creation.
    Jeremy England, WSJ, 24 Sep. 2020
  • Drones and Brown jump-start the offense, but defense is the Sharks’ calling card.
    Richard Dean, Houston Chronicle, 22 Nov. 2019
  • But for that to be the calling card for church members, the thing that sets them apart, is misplaced.
    Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Jan. 2022
  • The film also serves as something of a calling card for Sims.
    al, 3 Aug. 2020
  • Their calling card is a burst of bushy, deep green foliage.
    Southern Living, 8 June 2021
  • Along with the food, the music (and the subtle surfer vibe) is the hotel’s other calling card.
    Ann Abel, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022
  • And it’s become a calling card of theirs in crunch-time this season.
    Esfandiar Baraheni, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
  • And the defense that was the club’s calling card in the playoffs has been far short of adequate.
    Dallas News, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Those games became his calling card in the U.S. and Europe.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2022
  • At the same time, Marina’s past and patronym haven’t been her calling card for a long time.
    Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 14 Feb. 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'calling card.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: