conjuration
Example Sentences
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A cracking whip and a thudding bass drum bring this sublime conjuration to an end.
From The New Yorker
However, according to Section 365 of Canada's Criminal Code, it is illegal to "fraudulently pretend to exercise or to use any kind of witchcraft, sorcery, enchantment or conjuration".
From BBC
There is no divine appearance in Kill List, no conjuration, just bleakly absurd acts of extreme aggression, suicidal and murderous all at once.
From The Guardian
Perhaps a poet could devise something to convey, “through association or other conjuration, some visceral feeling of elegance, fleetness, advanced features and design.”
From The New Yorker
The quiet conjuration of darkness and cold in “Winter Nights” drew the audience in immediately.
From Washington Post
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