invoke
Example Sentences
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Shirin worries about a suspended prison sentence which the secret police could invoke at any time.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
"The worst-case situation would be that AI kills us all, I suppose," Musk declared with a smile, seizing an opening from his own attorney to invoke the climactic scenario from the film "Terminator."
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
Catholics have criteria that they invoke to evaluate righteousness of wars, which date to the fifth century teachings of St. Augustine.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
Cruise lines could invoke surcharges, but they haven’t yet.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 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
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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