summon

Example Sentences

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To summon this forgotten world he has resorted to a patchwork of fictional narratives and first-person editorializing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Byrne has said she has a go-to phrase -- "Patty hired 24-hour security for Katie" -- when she finds herself struggling to summon the Yankee drawl.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

Does he roll the dice one last time, try to summon the energy and commitment to go again after what will doubtless be a very trying year?

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

Just as roadkill summons vultures, so too does human misery summon journalists, who travel across the country to shove cameras and recorders at people enduring things no one should experience.

From Slate • Feb. 11, 2026

And nor did Feral consciously summon the sheaves of cloud that coalesced around them, blocking out the sky, the horizon, the Cusp, shrinking the world to here—this garden and this garden alone.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor