Calling has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Everyone's used to calling Shanghai "Módū" and calling Beijing "Dìdū". | |
| 2. | Crazy people don't mind calling themselves crazy, but they hate others calling them that. | |
| 3. | In practice, leaders calling for "socialism" are usually just calling for more power for themselves with less accountability. But this isn't to be confused with socialism itself, which is achieved by mass movements of the workers and aimed at clawing power away from the powerful. | |
| 4. | Sven was so verbose that his friends resorted to calling him a chatterbox. | |
| 5. | Now I have to leave, they're calling for my flight. | |
| 6. | I heard someone calling me from a distance. | |
| 7. | Stop calling me names. That'll do you no good. | |
| 8. | He got mad at me for calling him Shorty. | |
| 9. | Please excuse me for calling you by your first name. | |
| 10. | Tom is accustomed to calling up girls on the telephone. |