nature's call

noun

1. call of nature.

Example Sentences

Nature’s call can wait; his culinary offerings should be tasted at peak flavor.

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Balanced on a table above a black-and-white portrait of the Russian leader, her blonde hair and face shrouded in a bright-red balaclava, she hitches up her loose dress and answers nature’s call, drenching the photograph before kicking it to the ground.

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But there are other things to be looking — and, I'm sorry, sniffing — for as well when you answer nature's call.

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A nostalgic fan posted an online memory of visiting the Linda Lea when “the men’s restroom had ‘scratching plates’ mounted on the wall next to the urinals so the men could strike their matches and light up a smoke while answering nature’s call.”

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Bruce said she felt sympathy for the family’s protective detail as she watched agents trying to balance the call of duty with nature’s call.

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