invocation

Example Sentences

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And this invocation to keep moving reveals something about the chapel’s architecture—its dynamism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Any invocation of the act will almost certainly be challenged in court.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

He stumbled early by irritating Chief Justice John Roberts with a heavy-handed invocation of Dames & Moore v.

From Slate • Nov. 5, 2025

In 2023, he released a new album, “Seven Psalms,” an elliptical, gracious invocation for the arc of his life, drawing on biblical imagery and intertwined guitar fugues.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2025

In a great slow gesture he stretched out his arms, the gesture of welcome that opens an invocation.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin