conjure
verb (used with object)
to affect or influence by or as if by invocation or spell.
is conjuring
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present progressiveof conjure (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“Being a meme stock, to some extent, is conjuring the dark arts of the world,” said Reilly Brennan, general partner at venture capital firm Trucks.
From The Verge ● Nov. 11, 2021
At the same time, I'm also hopeful it won't be as bad as what the anxious part of your mind is conjuring.
From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2021
Lee isn’t writing magical realism per se — she is conjuring up a locale where the power of superstition still holds sway.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 22, 2021
With the help of a former Cougars QB, Zach Wilson is conjuring up memories of Jim McMahon and Steve Young in Provo, Utah.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2020
Also places of entertainment, like Maskelyne's Mysteries, where there is conjuring so wonderful that, having seen it no one can believe the sight of his own eyes.
From The Children's Book of London by G. E. (Geraldine Edith) Mitton
