summoned

Example Sentences

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After five years in Los Angeles I’m summoned north for a job at the University of California.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Jim Kensil, Pete’s right-hand man, summoned my mailroom colleague Peter Hadhazy and me to his office that afternoon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

In the spring of 2021, a 25-year-old man was summoned to help a friend in a confrontation at a low-income housing development in Middletown, Connecticut.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

She has been summoned for a preliminary hearing on 9 June.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

“You should understand by now,” said Gwydion, “that of what he knows, Dallben tells little. Yes, there is to be a council, and I have summoned others to meet us here.”

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander