summon
verb (used with object)
to call upon to do something specified.
summoning
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present participleof summon.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Listening to Xiu Xiu’s “Eraserhead” on a hot and stormy Friday afternoon is an atavistic summoning of the many gifts that David Lynch left us to remember him by.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
At Ojai, Lewis wistfully performed the solo prelude off in Libbey Park shrubbery as if a dallying forest spirit summoning ghosts of festivals past.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
The Nazi surrender brought a new challenge: absorbing a decade’s worth of horrors while summoning the will to help Europe rebuild.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
Leicester will be summoning the spirit that flattened Saints 41-17 in the reverse fixture a month ago.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
“Of course. And will you be summoning the dead to you this haunted night or lighting a bonfire with your companions?”
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
