conjure (up)

Definition of conjure (up)next
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as in to summon
to call into being through the use of one's inner resources or powers managed to conjure up the courage to ask the boss for a raise

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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for conjure (up)
Verb
  • Her bodice-ripping, visually sumptuous version, in theaters Friday, incorporates some essential literary elements, but also imagines what’s in between the lines of Brontë’s writing, including sultry moments between the protagonists.
    Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
  • From the kitchen comes an equally elegant menu of classics – think gorgeous local steaks, terrines and roasted Amish chicken plated with cockles – imagined with creativity and a deep understanding of European technique seen through a Tennessee lens.
    USA TODAY NETWORK, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The Puerto Rican singer surrounded himself with men and women cutting down the stalks, summoning the territory’s centuries-long colonization, in which sugar played a central role.
    Andrew R. Chow, Time, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Galen had been summoned, however, to help fight a different kind of invader.
    Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • In one of several photos included in the 3 million new Epstein files, Mountbatten-Windsor is seen kneeling on all fours over an unidentified woman on the ground.
    James Powel, USA Today, 12 Feb. 2026
  • During the Super Bowl halftime show, the casita made an appearance again, and this time, the world would see its interior for the first time.
    Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • And as traders bought more, the gains gathered steam, resulting in skyrocketing prices.
    John Towfighi, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Several dozen demonstrators also gathered at Temple and Alameda streets near the federal building, and a broadcast report said police issued a dispersal order there.
    City News Service, Daily News, 5 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • But Haiti failed to hold general elections on Saturday as envisioned a couple of years ago, with gang violence gripping much of the capital and swaths of land in the country's central region.
    EVENS SANON, Arkansas Online, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Eventually, Menard said, Crusoe envisions having lots of smaller data centers, focused on inference, that will be spread around the country, putting them closer to end users and improving latency.
    Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Paragons of chill, the equivalent of three buddies drinking a few beers, too tired to get up off their lily pads/sofas.
    Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Maybe the winner gets the first piece of dessert or never has to get up to refill their plate.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • It's pictured here on April 17, 2025.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 10 Feb. 2026
  • His profile, which pictured him and Li in a park, smiling, claimed that the couple, married for more than thirty years, didn’t have any children.
    Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
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“Conjure (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conjure%20%28up%29. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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