conjure

Example Sentences

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Not so long ago, tattered old maps of Africa’s most remote mining regions would conjure up images of Allan Quatermain cutting his way deep into the jungle in search of King Solomon’s Mines.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

Her vivid imagination would "conjure up the worse eventualities".

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

Those pictures require patience, time, and pain to conjure on the part of the applicant.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

Horror podcasting isn’t just about the things that go bump in the night, but what those bumps sound like, and the images they conjure in a listener’s mind.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

Charles Livermore still paid her to conjure Estelle’s spirit.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock