1
a
: noisy shouting
a clamor of children at play
b
: a loud continuous noise
the clamor of the waterfall
2
: insistent public expression (as of support or protest)
the current clamor about what is wrong with our schools
clamored; clamoring
ˈklam-riŋ 
ˈkla-mər-iŋ
1
: to make a din (see din entry 1 sense 1)
The children clamored around them, singing songs and laughing.
2
: to become loudly insistent
clamored for his impeachment
clamoring for full independence
1
: to utter or proclaim insistently and noisily
cart peddlers clamored their wares—
Walter Farley
Walter Farley2
: to influence by means of clamor
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The clamor on Broadway at midday can be astonishing to a tourist from a midwestern town; if they happen to be digging up the street with jackhammers, the clamor can be even worse. The clamor on the floor of a stock exchange goes on without stopping for seven hours every day. A clamor of protest may sometimes be quieter, but is often just as hard to ignore. A politician who receives a thousand emails a day clamoring for his resignation might as well be listening to an angry crowd.
Examples of clamor in a Sentence
Noun
A clamor outside woke them in the night.
city streets filled with clamor
a public clamor for an arrest in the case
There is growing clamor for reform.
Verb (1)
a dozen customers clamoring for service all at once
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Andrea Bossi, Essence, 13 Mar. 2025
The 2010s and the ongoing Trump era have also intensified the clamor for identity politics, where a sometimes fragile sense of empowerment is gained by asserting difference in the face of mass American conformity.
—David Katz, IndieWire, 12 Mar. 2025
Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
Many fans have clamored for Ellis to start all season.
—Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 5 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Riffing off the clamor for fur and streetwear trends, fur hats and trappers were plentiful on runways.
—Andrea Bossi, Essence, 13 Mar. 2025
The 2010s and the ongoing Trump era have also intensified the clamor for identity politics, where a sometimes fragile sense of empowerment is gained by asserting difference in the face of mass American conformity.
—David Katz, IndieWire, 12 Mar. 2025
Verb
Defense attorneys began clamoring for her attention after Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Andrea Wolfson removed two state prosecutors, Michael Von Zamft and Stephen Mitchell, from the high-profile, Death Row re-sentencing case of gangster Corey Smith.
—Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
Many fans have clamored for Ellis to start all season.
—Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 5 Mar. 2025
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“Clamor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clamor. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.
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