have been summoning
- present perfect progressive of summon.
Example Sentences
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A growing number of businesses in tech, banking and sales have been summoning workers back to the office in recent weeks.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 27, 2022
Governments across Africa, as well as the African Union, have been summoning Chinese ambassadors for remonstrations about the treatment of their citizens.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2020
There are a lot of great Steves I might have been summoning up — McQueen, Hawking, Sondheim.
From New York Times ● May 30, 2019
The blushing beauty of the Larghetto was haunted by Barenboim’s light keyboard touch and empyrean mood: he could have been summoning ghosts.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 3, 2017
Franke, I cannot part with you until I have disclosed what I have been summoning resolution to suppress.
From Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)
