summoning
- present participle of summon.
Example Sentences
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Summoning mothers to their power is a way forward in climate survival strategies and in fighting for equality.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2024
Summoning a diplomat is a tool that a host country has when it wants to make its anger felt to another country.
From BBC • Oct. 3, 2022
Summoning the nerve to sing, then to write songs, led her to the stage of the Newport Folk Festival, and eventually to Nashville.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2022
Summoning members to Washington, he said, gave them “more control” over their votes.
From Washington Post • Mar. 27, 2020
Summoning them to the box, he and his whole family would rise together and ask in unison, “Tell us what you have against Seabiscuit.”
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
