conjure
verb (used with object)
to affect or influence by or as if by invocation or spell.
has conjured
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present perfectof conjure (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Audiences have had 16 long years to dream about what George Lucas has conjured up for this new cinematic adventure.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2024
She has conjured up the Pharaonic funk and empyreal jazz of George Clinton and Sun Ra.
From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2023
But increasingly it has conjured up horrors too, becoming a prominent symbol of faded glory.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2023
The truth, no matter how insulting or awkward, is probably less insulting or awkward than whatever explanation her imagination has conjured up for your recoiling.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 28, 2022
I can see that the silence from my mouth has all but extinguished the hope she has conjured up.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
