summon
verb (used with object)
to call upon to do something specified.
were summoning
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past progressiveof summon.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The move came as French officials said they were summoning Musk, former X Chief Executive Linda Yaccarino and other employees in April for what they described as voluntary interviews.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
Germany, Sweden and Finland said they were summoning the Russian ambassadors in their capitals.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2024
Also in 1968, robed devotees were summoning Baphomet on Salisbury Plain in Hammer classic The Devil Rides Out.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 25, 2018
But Schumann’s fourth symphony maintained the standards set in the Salonen piece, from the early, melting horn chords that sounded as if they were summoning the future, and Wagner.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 2, 2016
“Okay, Miss Trixie,” Mr. Levy said as if he were summoning a pet cat.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
