summon up
Example Sentences
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Every American adult can summon up searing images from the Deepwater Horizon spill.
From Slate ● Jan. 14, 2026
Some years ago, I heard Bach’s “St. John Passion” in Notre-Dame, in all its two-hour majesty, and I can summon up the sensation of the music resounding in the vaults overhead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025
In Lviv, these scenes summon up the restive ghosts of Europe's past.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2022
In Maine, in the dark depths of winter, I’ll summon up a blazing tropical cocktail of an L.A. sunset.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2021
But it still takes me a few seconds to summon up the words, to figure out where to start.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
