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
Haroun has conjured rich elements of the magical free world, but hasn’t managed to follow through with a compelling narrative.
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Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 19 Feb. 2026
At Villa Park, meanwhile, Patrick Bamford conjured the finest performance of his Leeds career with a 2020 hat-trick.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
In early January, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, a concert benefit for Palestine and Sudan conjured all the fury of an acoustic night at the local coffee shop.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
Super Bowl week in the Bay Area conjured up memories of Eddie DeBartolo’s enshrinement a decade ago, when Levi’s Stadium last hosted a Super Bowl.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2026
Four of the sculptures, installed in a long line at Dan Colen’s Sky High Farm Biennial in upstate New York in summer 2025, conjured the sliced and schematized representations of bodily locomotion in Étienne-Jules Marey’s chronophotographs.
—Rachel Wetzler, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
Or perhaps that is the concern conjured by the hysteria of Y2K—with its fads of fears pumped by a skepticism over technology and wars people could not hold so freshly after the recession of the early 1990s.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
At the very least, the palm tree hairdo — high-volume and imperfect in its entirety — conjured the carefree, fun-loving spirit Porte was after.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 27 Jan. 2026
All those great ships, their holds full of human cargo, had been conjured up in an unremarkable spot in present-day Mudchute Park.
—Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 19 Feb. 2026
At Villa Park, meanwhile, Patrick Bamford conjured the finest performance of his Leeds career with a 2020 hat-trick.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
In early January, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, a concert benefit for Palestine and Sudan conjured all the fury of an acoustic night at the local coffee shop.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
Super Bowl week in the Bay Area conjured up memories of Eddie DeBartolo’s enshrinement a decade ago, when Levi’s Stadium last hosted a Super Bowl.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2026
Four of the sculptures, installed in a long line at Dan Colen’s Sky High Farm Biennial in upstate New York in summer 2025, conjured the sliced and schematized representations of bodily locomotion in Étienne-Jules Marey’s chronophotographs.
—Rachel Wetzler, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
Or perhaps that is the concern conjured by the hysteria of Y2K—with its fads of fears pumped by a skepticism over technology and wars people could not hold so freshly after the recession of the early 1990s.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
At the very least, the palm tree hairdo — high-volume and imperfect in its entirety — conjured the carefree, fun-loving spirit Porte was after.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 27 Jan. 2026
All those great ships, their holds full of human cargo, had been conjured up in an unremarkable spot in present-day Mudchute Park.
—Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conjured
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In a TikTok on Wednesday, the singer-songwriter begged Wikipedia users to stop changing the photo on her page.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
19 Feb. 2026
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Some even begged him to reconsider.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
19 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The bill says a decision by county commissioners to impose a sales tax could be petitioned to an election.—
Joshua Haiar & Seth Tupper,
States Newsroom,
19 Feb. 2026
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The woman, who is listed as a current or former girlfriend of Fleming’s, first petitioned for a court order against him in January 2025, alleging that Fleming had grabbed her by her scarf and used it to choke her, and threatened her for spreading rumors about him.—
Zareen Syed,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
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