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 rest of the elements will be conjured up quickly.
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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
Color Wars In an episode where Wednesday and Nevermore students go on an overnight camping trip, Scruton and Murphy conjured the extensive exterior location from the ground up.
—Daron James, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2025
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
Color Wars In an episode where Wednesday and Nevermore students go on an overnight camping trip, Scruton and Murphy conjured the extensive exterior location from the ground up.
—Daron James, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conjured
Verb
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At one point, older brother Jason, an NFL player himself by then, called Jones and begged him to give Kelce another chance.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 Sep. 2025
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Rusev set up the steel chair in the turnbuckle as Sheamus begged Rusev to kick him.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Heuermann's defense team petitioned the judge to exclude the evidence, arguing that whole genome sequencing is not widely accepted by the scientific community.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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But when Curaleaf petitioned the state for permission to begin outdoor cultivation in hoop houses, state regulators told the company that solid walls and ceilings were required.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Conjured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conjured. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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