conjure

Lacking sorcery or some other way to conjure up the ideal lover, we’re left with engineering.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

The syrupy strings, treacly piano and awed choral vocals conjure an atmosphere of strained enchantment, suggesting a film burdened by fatal amounts of whimsy and emotional manipulation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Writers can manipulate our emotions in direct ways; they can conjure extreme scenarios that we are hardwired to react to.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

The original 1998 film hardly enchanted critics upon its debut, but went on to conjure a cult following that had kept hopes of a sequel alive ever since.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

Ella folded deeper into his arms, tracing her fingers along the intricate conjure marks that wrapped around his forearms.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

Ray first conjures his characters’ environment in sharp, brilliant glimpses from the small car the men travel in.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

From her dressing work for the likes of Ye and Don Toliver, to her brooding, textured paintings and sculptural vessels, she conjures beauty into something we can see and touch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

To call his latest film a contemporary masterwork would be true, but there’s also no quantifying the magic McElwee conjures here, no comparing it to anything else.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026

For millions of Disney fans, that phrase instantly conjures up memories of one of the biggest musical franchises of the 2000s.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

Every now and then, I try to remember one of his riddles, but it only conjures up more regret and guilt.

From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi

Neither was the impotence of the national team in the USA as they conjured up just one John McGinn goal.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

A history of the it-restaurant destroyed on 9/11 conjured many memories of special occasions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

And on the very first hole, Stark conjured the shot of the competition so far, her approach to the green on the par four dropping straight into the cup for an eagle.

From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026

Last year, OpenAI’s Sora 2 video tool drew outrage in Hollywood after users conjured up dead celebrities without their estates’ consent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

Together he and his architects had conjured a dream city whose grandeur and beauty exceeded anything each singly could have imagined.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

With his team on the verge of elimination, Anthony Volpe launched what looked like a game-tying home run, conjuring the spirits that once seemed to make their presence felt around these parts every October.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Everyone knows the outdated and offensive characterization of a cat lady — a stereotype conjuring images of solitude, eccentricities and probably cartons of ice cream.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

In a World Cup where the boffins with their big brainy heads and their super computers are working overtime on who might play who in the last 32, there are other calculations worth conjuring with.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026

What follows are flights of wordplay, jokes, tragedies and rhymes “meant to be spoken aloud, as a form of conjuring back.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

I had trouble conjuring up these thoughts, and when I finally ventured into these memories, I became so sad that the bones in my body started to ache.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah