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
"If you're going to finish a record, you have to summon up a lot of commitment and confidence and go, 'Right. come on. We're doing this properly'."
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2023
Ruby is a colicky baby, and as Jo strives to summon up soothing techniques, she seesaws between the compulsive urge to safeguard the infant and the uncomfortable sensation of begrudging her existence.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2023
I feel as if I need to make up a new alphabet to be able to create the words that would summon up the stew of smells out here.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
