invoke

Example Sentences

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"Pray, invoke Almighty God and hope that your prayers will be answered," he told the worshippers.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

Multiple sources have told the BBC that they intend to invoke little-used parliamentary procedures to force a vote in the coming months.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Kagan, joined by Sotomayor and Jackson, wrote that there was no need to invoke “major questions” in this case.

From Slate • Feb. 20, 2026

All of these observations closely match what the two-vector MR model predicts, without the need to invoke spin-current-based mechanisms.

From Science Daily • Feb. 10, 2026

They would not give him any; if he had the energy, he would invoke all the curses he knew on them.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie