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conjures up

VERB

bring to mind

Synonyms

WEAK

call contrive create evoke materialize produce as by magic recall recollect remember review summon urge

Antonyms

WEAK

forget ignore neglect

Example Sentences

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Pictures show an exterior that conjures up images of a fairy-tale cottage hidden away among the trees, while the interior is a vibrant rainbow of colors, textures, and decor.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

The phrase “Abstract Expressionist” conjures up hard-drinking, chain-smoking men arguing loudly in the male-dominated enclaves of the Cedar Tavern and the Club about what paintings can and cannot be.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026

He conjures up evolutionary histories, stories of foreign species’ arrival and their effects on an ecosystem that is massively and continuously altered by human influence.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2024

While the scene’s arid landscape conjures up past “Mad Max” adventures, the buttes and the galloping horse evoke the classic westerns from which this series has drawn some of its mythopoetic force.

From New York Times • May 15, 2024

“Well, when it works correctly, it conjures up a Patronus,” said Lupin, “which is a kind of anti-dementor — a guardian that acts as a shield between you and the dementor.”

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling