How to Use invoke in a Sentence

invoke

verb

• The suspect invoked his right to an attorney.
• She invoked history to prove her point.
• He invoked the memory of his predecessor.
• He invoked his Fifth Amendment privileges.
• That process has not been invoked here.
  — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
• That process has not been invoked here.
  — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2026
• Here’s what to know about the act, and how it could be invoked.
  — Connor Greene, Time, 7 Oct. 2025
• Just get the darn curler and invoke Hathor!
  — Fiona Landers, New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2026
• Ready invokes our name as a warning.
  — John Acunto, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2026
• Personas are quick and easy to invoke.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
• Personas are quick and easy to invoke.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
• Personas are quick and easy to invoke.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
• Personas are quick and easy to invoke.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
• His death invokes a range of emotions.
  — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 17 Mar. 2026
• Parayko invoked his no-trade clause, nixing the trade.
  — ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
• Her presence haunts the note, but she is not named or invoked in it.
  — Darcy Ballantyne july 16, Literary Hub, 16 July 2025
• As the cloves slip their skins, the garlic in the air invokes the past.
  — Jordan P. Hickey, Longreads, 22 Feb. 2024
• The players have invoked that right.
  — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 16 Mar. 2026
• And that tweet invoked some very strong opinions from fans, some nice and some not so nice.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 1 June 2023
• Trump invoked the act to impose two sets of tariffs.
  — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2026
• Wolf said of the language in the lease that until now hasn’t been invoked.
  — Ted Slowik, Daily Southtown, 29 May 2018
• Burn a Yule log to push aside dark shadows and invoke the light of truth.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2020
• In the show, the hands-off rule is invoked, but not by Garrett.
  — Jennifer McClellan, USA Today, 17 May 2026
• Trump invoked the law on Monday.
  — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2025
• To invoke Rufus, users had to click a blue and orange icon.
  — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 13 May 2026
• Even Supreme Court justices invoke it from time to time.
  — Ella Lee, The Hill, 11 Feb. 2026
• Gone was the circle of bricks inlaid to invoke the round table.
  — Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 4 Sep. 2020
• And some of those screams happened to invoke the name of another golfer.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 19 June 2021
• The sense of sunrise or sunset invokes a time of change, being on the edge.
  — Literary Hub, 16 Jan. 2026
• Each item has a story that invokes a warm memory.
  — Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025