summon
verb (used with object)
to call upon to do something specified.
have been summoning
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present perfect progressiveof summon.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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
Again he uttered wild cries; he might have been summoning unseen powers to his aid.
From The Everlasting Arms by Joseph Hocking
