invoke
Example Sentences
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As “Dreams” veers on exploiting prejudice, Franco pans out for a broader view of the carnage our desperation to survive can invoke.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026
He implores Congress to invoke this clause to make a case for new voting rights legislation that can address the post-Callais landscape.
From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026
Porter’s death has become a rallying point for Los Angeles activists, who regularly invoke his name at Police Commission meetings and protests.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
It was both a foundational statement of principle that successive generations would invoke for varying purposes, and a physical object linking Americans with their country’s founding.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
He’d riled me up because this was the very last time he would invoke his inane marriage argument, ever again, as long as we both should live.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Vocabulary lists containing invoke
Latin Love, Vol I: vocare
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"The Odyssey," Vocabulary from Part 1 of the epic poem
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Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address (1865)
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