as in begged
to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner
I conjure you to hear my plea for mercy
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Recent Examples of conjured
Sent to war, and then the factories, artists conjured visions of human life reduced to mere machinery.
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Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 6 Apr. 2026
The music was sufficiently groovy, the costumes era-appropriate (miniskirts, Travolta-tight slacks), yet nothing conjured the tension of an oppressive August day—and nobody broke a sweat.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2026
In a new plan that was set to go before the Joint Powers Board on Thursday, staff at the agency conjured a future as bleak as the one BART presented last month, with stations potentially mothballed and long stretches of track left empty.
—Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Mar. 2026
Even in those quiet hysterics which statued me unprovoked, my imagination had not conjured this rapid an unspooling.
—Literary Hub, 27 Mar. 2026
In Yemen, the Houthis were not conjured by Iranian money or weapons.
—Frederic Wehrey, Time, 24 Mar. 2026
The Earth’s sun is infected with a mysterious phenomena conjured by Weir called a Petrova line, a trail of alien cells called astrophage that are slowly consuming the fiery orb.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2026
The Gulf’s economic and cultural transformation, megaprojects, and embrace of tech conjured a vision of a future defined by development, not conflict.
—Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 16 Mar. 2026
But Sunday’s 6-0 dismantling loss by Vancouver at BC Place conjured up two of the club’s all-time worst games from its debut season in 2017.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 15 Mar. 2026
Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 6 Apr. 2026
The music was sufficiently groovy, the costumes era-appropriate (miniskirts, Travolta-tight slacks), yet nothing conjured the tension of an oppressive August day—and nobody broke a sweat.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2026
In a new plan that was set to go before the Joint Powers Board on Thursday, staff at the agency conjured a future as bleak as the one BART presented last month, with stations potentially mothballed and long stretches of track left empty.
—Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Mar. 2026
Even in those quiet hysterics which statued me unprovoked, my imagination had not conjured this rapid an unspooling.
—Literary Hub, 27 Mar. 2026
In Yemen, the Houthis were not conjured by Iranian money or weapons.
—Frederic Wehrey, Time, 24 Mar. 2026
The Earth’s sun is infected with a mysterious phenomena conjured by Weir called a Petrova line, a trail of alien cells called astrophage that are slowly consuming the fiery orb.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2026
The Gulf’s economic and cultural transformation, megaprojects, and embrace of tech conjured a vision of a future defined by development, not conflict.
—Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 16 Mar. 2026
But Sunday’s 6-0 dismantling loss by Vancouver at BC Place conjured up two of the club’s all-time worst games from its debut season in 2017.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 15 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conjured
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The Tua Tagovailoa/Mike McDaniel era ultimately failed, now Dolfans are being begged for yet more patience as the onerous burden of Tagovailoa’s contract impinges on the rebuild.—
Greg Cote
April 6,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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Chan persuaded Tay to go with him to the Buena Park home, where Chan and another teen beat Tay with baseball bats and at one point a sledgehammer while Tay begged for help.—
Sean Emery,
Oc Register,
6 Apr. 2026
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Environmental groups and a handful of governors have recently petitioned the EPA to add microplastics to the forthcoming version of the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule, or UCMR, which the agency recently submitted to the White House.—
Will Stone,
NPR,
2 Apr. 2026
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Hildebrand successfully petitioned the court for a ruling on her candidacy, as the Department of Revenue failed to notify the school district of her tax status before she was put on the ballot.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Conjured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conjured. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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