invocation

Example Sentences

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Garbus’ invocation of Aaron Spelling’s prime-time soap in her title can’t be accidental.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

The film’s repeated invocation of its own title in different contexts is another instance of adding too many eggs to the custard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

“It is far from clear,” Lederman writes, that any such obstruction of federal law has occurred in Chicago that would warrant the act’s invocation.

From Slate • Oct. 30, 2025

Forty-plus years later, I regularly attend the monthly town council meeting in our adopted hometown of Fries, in southwest Virginia, and my favorite part is the opening invocation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

His invocation was brief and punchy, and for a second I thought we were getting back on the high road to right action.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou