invocation

Example Sentences

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Any invocation of the act will almost certainly be challenged in court.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

The film’s repeated invocation of its own title in different contexts is another instance of adding too many eggs to the custard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

The ovation had the character not of high-pitched cheering but of an involuntary low-pitched invocation of wonderment, even disbelief.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025

But in its repeated invocation of the contrarian report, it violated the most basic scientific norms.

From Slate • Aug. 1, 2025

First an invocation by a Negro preacher; then a woman spoke of what was happening to the children.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison