summon
Example Sentences
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The marches come 10 days after South Africa summoned US Ambassador Brent Bozell just a month after his arrival in the country for "undiplomatic remarks".
From Barron's
The opera offers a modern twist on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, in which Diego seeks to summon his late wife on Mexico’s Day of the Dead.
There by the bed lay my prison bag, packed and ready as it had been since the summons from the chief of police.
From Literature
It summoned Tokyo's ambassador and warned Chinese citizens against visiting Japan.
From Barron's
Russia's ambassador was summoned by the foreign ministry in protest and shown a bottle of cloudy water from the polluted river.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
