conjure up
Britishverb
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to present to the mind; evoke or imagine
he conjured up a picture of his childhood
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to call up or command (a spirit or devil) by an incantation
Example Sentences
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The word superstore might conjure up a shop at least the size of Walmart, if not Walmart Supercenter.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
Maybe Golden State could conjure up some magic in a playoff series — but over an 82-game regular-season marathon?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
There are 100 feasible readings of Żuławski’s film, and just when those all seem to make sense, you could conjure up a 101st.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
The names of those to play both cricket and football for England conjure up the feeling of a very different era: cigarette cards, blazers and the faint whiff of Brylcreem.
From BBC ● May 11, 2026
She stopped thinking about Pedro Tercero Garcia with the terrible urgency she had felt before and took refuge in the sweet, faded memories she could always conjure up at will.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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