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
Although the actors were approachable and polite, I needed to summon up the courage to speak to Williams, who died Monday at 54.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2021
She could summon up those memories by trying really hard.
From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen
