summon up
Example Sentences
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Every American adult can summon up searing images from the Deepwater Horizon spill.
From Slate • Jan. 14, 2026
Some years ago, I heard Bach’s “St. John Passion” in Notre-Dame, in all its two-hour majesty, and I can summon up the sensation of the music resounding in the vaults overhead.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025
In Lviv, these scenes summon up the restive ghosts of Europe's past.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2022
In “Candyman,” those who summon up this ghoul, thereby allowing him to tell his tale, first need to look at their reflections.
From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2021
“Ye must forget sic things. Ye maun summon up your powers to what is difficult. Will ye do that?”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
