invoke
verb (used with object)
to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for.
have been invoking
-
present perfect progressiveof invoke.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
His signal contribution seems to have been invoking his former federal title to bully complaining customers into submission.
From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2018
And she and her defenders have been invoking it for years:
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2016
I have been invoking that contingency so long and so unavailingly that it has lost a large portion of its pristine appeal.
From In Jeopardy by Van Tassel Sutphen
