- present participle of invoke.
invoking
Example Sentences
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Residents lined up at the wooden lectern to speak in three-minute slots, many invoking the less-than-savory reputation man camps earned in Wyoming’s boom-and-bust past.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
Indeed, there are notable advantages in invoking the clause as a reaction to Callais.
From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2026
The attorney general faults OpenAI for failing to put in place stricter rules to verify users' ages, invoking legal statutes on deception and negligence.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
But then he offers, again, both a hope and a prayer, invoking Renee Good’s last words, quoting John Lewis, and urging the audience to get into “good trouble”: “Say something! Do something! Help! Sing something!”
From Salon ● May 28, 2026
State solicitor W. H. Murdock advised store owners to order demonstrators to leave, and when they didn’t, have them arrested for trespassing, invoking the Royal Ice Cream case as a precedent.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
