summon
verb (used with object)
to call upon to do something specified.
is summoning
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present progressiveof summon (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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“A big part of that is summoning the will to change,” said Claire Arkin, spokeswoman for Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2023
It is as if, with each picture, she is summoning this scene, this moment, giving it the weight of a reckoning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2019
England have to make things happen all the time now, so Root is summoning Broad.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 23, 2019
Gov. John Bel Edwards is summoning lawmakers to the Louisiana Capitol on Feb. 19, to consider passing a tax package aimed at replacing $1 billion in expiring taxes.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 9, 2018
The whole makes up the medium's outfit, used when she is summoning the spirits.
From The Tinguian Social, Religious, and Economic Life of a Philippine Tribe by Fay-Cooper Cole
