invoke
verb (used with object)
to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for.
invokes
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present tense formof invoke (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Democrat Xavier Becerra, the frontrunner to become the state’s next governor, often invokes the story of his parents’ humble beginnings as immigrants from Mexico who, through hard work, built happy and productive lives in California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
"Nicaragua invokes Germany's responsibility in connection to multiple violations of international law, particularly in respect of the odious scourge of genocide and international humanitarian law," ambassador Carlos Jose Arguello Gomez told the court.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
The very history he so powerfully invokes to explain the 14th Amendment’s origins often becomes, in his jurisprudence, a reason to limit rather than enlarge its reach.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026
Baron’s fandom is such that in conversations with clients and others, he often invokes “we” when discussing SpaceX’s ambitions, which include colonizing Mars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
America’s patriotic song “America the Beautiful” invokes our spacious skies, our amber waves of grain, from sea to shining sea.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
