Example Sentences

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The problem for so long for so many has been summoning such a performance against Djokovic, who has grown into the game’s supreme big-match player.

From New York Times • Jul. 9, 2021

For the past two weeks, he has been summoning groups of union leaders, oilmen, builders and other constituencies that are likely to be affected to a series of 21 White House miniconferences on energy.

From Time Magazine Archive

His Campaign had begun July 1st;—and has been summoning us home, into ITS horizon, for some time.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20 by Carlyle, Thomas