How to Use conjure in a Sentence

conjure

verb

• The students conjured a clever scheme to raise the money they needed.
• Leave it to the British to conjure up some cheeky celebrity dirt.
  — Devon Elizabeth, Teen Vogue, 17 Jan. 2018
• With two outs in the sixth, the Padres finally conjured a run.
  — Dennis Lin, sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 May 2017
• The rest of the team left, conjured the plan and returned a few hours later to make sure the home was secure.
  — Shandel Richardson, Sun-Sentinel.com, 8 Sep. 2017
• Now think about what that brand name conjures up today.
  — Matt Sebra, GQ, 7 Sep. 2017
• All of that was about building lasting bonds that words alone do not conjure up.
  — Maria Panaritis, Philly.com, 5 Feb. 2018
• Summer conjures vacations at the seashore, the cry of gulls, warm sand between the toes and evening fires on the beach.
  — Rich Heileman, cleveland, 18 Oct. 2019
• Missing out last year left the team wanting to conjure that same magic this year.
  — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Mar. 2021
• The cards are then spread on a round table where Wind will sit and conjure his mischief.
  — David Segal, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2022
• But it’s not a piece of cake to conjure up, and conditions matter.
  — Lisa Damour, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2020
• But in this case, Putin has conjured up his own nemesis.
  — Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2023
• For many people, art can conjure visions of times past.
  — Sadé Carpenter, RedEye Chicago, 15 Dec. 2017
• And while caves conjure up images of dark and gloomy spaces, this one is anything but.
  — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2022
• For most of us, the word probably doesn’t conjure up the sexiest thoughts.
  — Laurel Benedum, ELLE Decor, 21 Apr. 2020
• New owners of rescues conjure up all kinds of stories about their dogs.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2020
• This is often the image that many of us conjure up when thinking about dominoes.
  — Victoria Leandra, refinery29.com, 13 Dec. 2022
• What links them is the way both artists conjure motion that is contained within the frame, so that the gestures pulse and coil.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2022
• Knock any one of them over and the cascade that follows might lock a new memory in or conjure up an old one.
  — Megan Molteni, STAT, 15 Nov. 2021
• Notes of musk and the forest in new gender-neutral scents conjure earthy warmth for autumn nights.
  — Meg Hemphill, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2019
• Monday was the third straight game he’s conjured a basket just before the halftime buzzer.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2023
• For many of them, the kingdom conjures a deeper sense of belonging than the modern state.
  — Liam Taylor, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Mar. 2023
• Also: Just ask, and David will still conjure wines to match.
  — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2020
• His body conjures the existence of the image, surface and depth.
  — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2020
• Weerasethakul’s goal in his work is to conjure up a world that closely resembles the scramble of time.
  — The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2022
• The circle conjures up a lot of great, peaceful energy.
  — Newsweek Special Edition, Newsweek, 23 Feb. 2018
• But there is a special place in hell for the economic advisers that conjured up this trade war.
  — Phillip Molnar, sandiegouniontribune.com, 13 July 2018
• Even as the days grow cooler, these recipes conjure the fragrance of summer gardens in full bloom.
  — Aleksandra Crapanzano, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2020
• The Nun 2 has conjured up a winner at the box office this weekend.
  — Vulture, 12 Sep. 2023
• My fellow guests conjured him and asked the eternal query: Who swung that hatchet?
  — Andrea Simakis, cleveland, 20 Oct. 2019
• When conjuring images of fat girls on screen, a few examples come to mind.
  — Alice Lesperance, Teen Vogue, 5 Aug. 2019

Last Updated: 23 Apr 2024