invocation

Example Sentences

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But Mr. Beshear’s invocation of it is misdirection.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Still, the mere invocation of license revocation has a powerful chilling effect.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

“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

I love how the invocation sets a calm, cooperative, even loving tone at a time when too many civic gatherings in this country are torn by ill will, short tempers, sometimes violence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

It was a simple invocation of hope, a call to persist.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama