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
The way O’Connell relayed the news conjured the scene of last fall, when McCarthy emerged from his first preseason game with a torn meniscus.
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Alec Lewis, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
The rest of the elements will be conjured up quickly.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
For Chondwe, that conjured up nightmarish memories of the 1980s, '90s and early 2000s, when HIV had decimated his community.
—Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 6 Sep. 2025
In other cases, tree-fellings have conjured up folkloric history to fuel conservationist movements.
—Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
These carbon-rich rocks simply crystallized out of the ocean, conjured by some of the most extreme ocean chemistry in Earth history.
—Peter Brannen
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Wild Turkey is a name that once conjured college party memories, but Wild Turkey 101 is an entirely different conversation.
—Emily Price, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Next came Solórzano, who performed in a leather jacket, throwing his first snowball from a cocktail shaker—a blend of cedar, benzoin, and cardamom which conjured the smell of whiskey.
—Leslie Jamison, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
After which the character engages in a series of actions that are, objectively, a pretty bad idea, but in the context of the world Dermansky has conjured, both logical and surprising.
—John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2025
Alec Lewis, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
The rest of the elements will be conjured up quickly.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
For Chondwe, that conjured up nightmarish memories of the 1980s, '90s and early 2000s, when HIV had decimated his community.
—Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 6 Sep. 2025
In other cases, tree-fellings have conjured up folkloric history to fuel conservationist movements.
—Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
These carbon-rich rocks simply crystallized out of the ocean, conjured by some of the most extreme ocean chemistry in Earth history.
—Peter Brannen
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Wild Turkey is a name that once conjured college party memories, but Wild Turkey 101 is an entirely different conversation.
—Emily Price, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Next came Solórzano, who performed in a leather jacket, throwing his first snowball from a cocktail shaker—a blend of cedar, benzoin, and cardamom which conjured the smell of whiskey.
—Leslie Jamison, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
After which the character engages in a series of actions that are, objectively, a pretty bad idea, but in the context of the world Dermansky has conjured, both logical and surprising.
—John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conjured
Verb
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Look out for a potential travel show at Dropout, for which his fans have begged for months.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
15 Sep. 2025
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My legs were gooey and useless, my arms burned, my lungs begged for oxygen.—
Martin Suarez,
Rolling Stone,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In 2021, at the height of the pandemic, Kennedy petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to revoke authorization of COVID-19 vaccines and refrain from approving any future COVID-19 vaccines.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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In 2012, the Barnetts petitioned Marion County Probate Court to legally change Natalia's age from 8 to 22, changing her birth year from 2003 to 1989.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Conjured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conjured. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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