summoned

Example Sentences

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The committee also summoned both former President Bill Clinton and his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, to testify.

From BBC

But his father had been summoned away for work, and there was nowhere else to go.

From Literature

“My school was evacuated to Berkshire. I’ll miss my friends, but I’m quite keen for a new adventure. My grandmother summoned me to Cleveland, but that ship has sailed, you see. Pun intended.”

From Literature

Tired and graying, crows’ feet crinkling around his eyes, Djokovic summoned the vintage stuff and gave himself a chance.

From The Wall Street Journal

Gauff summoned a ball kid and asked for three racquets to be restrung, and left the court for a toilet break after the first set annihilation.

From Barron's