How to Use rallying cry in a Sentence

rallying cry

noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • Hate groups heard the president’s words not as a rebuke, but as a rallying cry.
    Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 22 Oct. 2020
  • Calls for her release have been a rallying cry among protesters in the streets.
    Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2021
  • The color red is a rallying cry to the communism that Joe Biden is spreading throughout the U.S.
    Sarah Hutto, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2022
  • The mother and son’s deaths became a rallying cry for fellow refugees.
    Victoria Kim Los Angeles Times, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Jan. 2022
  • Soon, the Rabbits are on a run, and the winger’s rallying cry becomes a chorus, intensifying with each new goal.
    Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
  • Here, his white knight’s armor is sullied before his face is scarred, and how that fits this version of Gotham City makes for a fitting rallying cry all its own.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 1 Aug. 2024

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