Example Sentences

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It’s 2008 and a group of teenage girls is summoning the ghost of Escobar in an abandoned treehouse.

From Seattle Times • May 3, 2023

Mr. Sanders is summoning 2016 memories of another sort.

From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2020

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

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 Book of God is wide open, and His Word is summoning mankind unto Him.

From Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh by Bahá'u'lláh