How to Use rallying cry in a Sentence

rallying cry

noun

• The phrase was the rallying cry of the First Crusade in A.D. 1096.
  — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 8 Jan. 2020
• Since the ‘80s, that’s been the rallying cry of Morris Day, lead singer of The Time.
  — Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 8 Sep. 2022
• It’s the rallying cry of CEOs and leaders all over the world.
  — Ellevate, Forbes, 6 July 2021
• The phrase became a rallying cry at protests around the world.
  — Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2021
• That’s been the data point and rallying cry for more than 20 years.
  — The Enquirer, 29 Aug. 2022
• That goes down as the rallying cry for the rest of Oregon State’s season.
  — John Canzano, oregonlive, 31 Oct. 2021
• One of the rallying cries the retail traders used was HODL: hold on for dear life.
  — Rebecca Angelo, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
• Then Petrie dropped the mic with what has been USD’s rallying cry all season.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Dec. 2022
• The Browns used ‘Browns is the Browns’ as their rallying cry and used it to help win their first playoff game since the 1994 season.
  — cleveland, 11 Jan. 2021
• All of them said her name, which has become a rallying cry.
  — Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, chicagotribune.com, 25 Sep. 2020
• It’s a rallying cry for any mom who has ever felt this way.
  — Chaunie Brusie, Glamour, 27 Jan. 2021
• The attack was captured on video and the man’s death became a rallying cry.
  — New York Times, 18 Mar. 2021
• So why aren’t the Democrats turning this into a rallying cry?
  — Molly Jong-Fast, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2022
• Critics of the phrase say the rallying cry advocates for the genocide of Jews.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024
• The issue has become a rallying cry for the midterm elections.
  — CBS News, 5 June 2022
• The phrase has since become a far-right rallying cry against the president.
  — al, 24 Nov. 2021
• Some teams could use the challenge of a back-to-back as a rallying cry, while others simply throw in the towel.
  — Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2023
• For years, this mantra has been the industry’s rallying cry for change.
  — Rita Numerof, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022
• The women of the WSPU turned the word into a rallying cry, however.
  — Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Aug. 2020
• His last words became a rallying cry during protests that took place across the world.
  — Ashlee Banks, Essence, 8 Mar. 2021
• Then, preschool for all could become a rallying cry across the nation.
  — Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2020
• The phrase has become a rallying cry for Black Lives Matter protests around the country.
  — Lorraine Longhi, The Arizona Republic, 25 June 2020
• The coach’s words before tipoff sounded like a rallying cry.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2023
• On the trail, Trump has sought to turn his legal problems into a rallying cry.
  — Hannah Knowles and Maeve Reston, Anchorage Daily News, 29 June 2023
• The case became a rallying cry for the Black Lives Matter movement.
  — CBS News, 13 Apr. 2021
• Across the period of the civil rights era, Emmett Till was a rallying cry.
  — ABC News, 16 Jan. 2022
• McClain’s death became a rallying cry in the months of protests that followed.
  — Derek Hawkins, Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2022
• It’s a rallying cry for people to wake up to all of the destruction against Mother Earth.
  — Jessica Goodman, Glamour, 22 July 2021
• Before Game 4, their new approach was summed up in a blunt rallying cry delivered by Hernández.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2024
• This is why the most important work a brand must do is to figure out a common rallying cry, an emotional tug that can last forever.
  — Deepa Nagraj, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Jan 2025