conjure

Writers can manipulate our emotions in direct ways; they can conjure extreme scenarios that we are hardwired to react to.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

The original 1998 film hardly enchanted critics upon its debut, but went on to conjure a cult following that had kept hopes of a sequel alive ever since.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

I started sobbing, losing my idea of a new marriage before I could even fully conjure it again.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

A woman who limits her exercise to Pilates will still have to subsist on very little food to get the delicate, bone-thin look these men conjure with the “Pilates girl” image.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026

“Just a conjure trick. You can cast copies at a braid shop or beauty salon. Then Mama trained them. That way my hair is always neat.”

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

Reviewing the earlier iteration, our critic said the show paints “Moses as more complicated than the cheerful, childlike images her name conjures and as a legitimizer of self-taught art.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

From her dressing work for the likes of Ye and Don Toliver, to her brooding, textured paintings and sculptural vessels, she conjures beauty into something we can see and touch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Schlafly, were she around today, would probably not be the wise mentor Waters conjures in “Lead Like Jael.”

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026

The phrase "American dream" was coined in the 1930s and often conjures up images of suburban families, solid jobs and beach vacations.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

It conjures up our college prospects, growing older, getting a real job—our future.

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben

Neither was the impotence of the national team in the USA as they conjured up just one John McGinn goal.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

A history of the it-restaurant destroyed on 9/11 conjured many memories of special occasions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

And on the very first hole, Stark conjured the shot of the competition so far, her approach to the green on the par four dropping straight into the cup for an eagle.

From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026

But the focus was the music itself on Friday, and the ragtag roster of artists that fully conjured it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026

Walker frames are conjured into life, knitting wool is enchanted into chaos, and male nurses are made to dance tango.

From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling

The two pictures, hung side by side in the gallery, have a wistful air, conjuring a grand and spellbinding Roman past.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

“Widow’s Bay,” leaning into comedy, goes old school, conjuring familiar spectres that knowingly nod to “Jaws,” “Psycho,” the canonical works of King and John Carpenter, and other touchstones of cultural anxiety.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Here, he realizes a triptych of vivid musical postcards recalling the American past: “The Saint-Gaudens in Boston Common,” a hazy conjuring of Civil War ghosts embodied by a memorial to Col.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

In a World Cup where the boffins with their big brainy heads and their super computers are working overtime on who might play who in the last 32, there are other calculations worth conjuring with.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026

"A conjuring trick, my dear—a very good one...."

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie