conjures up
Example Sentences
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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
The word conjures up visions of an inevitable market crash and triggers a highly emotional response.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 5, 2025
Imagining Roman Britain conjures up images of emperors, gladiators, posh villas - and the army that held the empire together.
From BBC • Aug. 10, 2024
The retro look conjures up an earlier era of filmmaking, before computer-generated imagery took over visual effects.
From New York Times • May 31, 2024
Every now and then, I try to remember one of his riddles, but it only conjures up more regret and guilt.
From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi
