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
Many surrealist artists cast women as muses or dream figures conjured for the male gaze.
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Sally Jane Brown, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025
Echoing childhood memories Like many other people who sought safety in the United States, Davis, California, resident Griselda Gonzalez said watching federal troops patrolling Los Angeles conjured up painful childhood memories.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
Volkswagen didn’t stand still during the Type 14’s heyday, and conjured an even more exclusive model in 1962—the Type 34—to wear VW’s halo.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2025
CaBot even conjured up a report of a CT scan that supposedly showed Williams’s bloated stomach.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
In many respects, Christophe lived more the life of a Shakespearean antihero than the Bard could ever have conjured.
—Marlene L. Daut
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
Sally Jane Brown, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025
Echoing childhood memories Like many other people who sought safety in the United States, Davis, California, resident Griselda Gonzalez said watching federal troops patrolling Los Angeles conjured up painful childhood memories.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
Volkswagen didn’t stand still during the Type 14’s heyday, and conjured an even more exclusive model in 1962—the Type 34—to wear VW’s halo.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2025
CaBot even conjured up a report of a CT scan that supposedly showed Williams’s bloated stomach.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
In many respects, Christophe lived more the life of a Shakespearean antihero than the Bard could ever have conjured.
—Marlene L. Daut
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conjured
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The Eagles attacked Skinner again, and the home crowd begged for a flag after the safety aggressively defended tight end Dallas Goedert, but no penalty was called.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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The situation worsened and the friends begged Thomas to use his KPop Demon Hunters knowledge to help them.—
Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
5 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The court is also poised to take up a number of cases related to transgender people’s rights, and the Justice Department has petitioned it to review Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship.—
Shelby Talcott,
semafor.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Kobach has petitioned top Republican lawmakers to convene a special session with the goal of blocking the Kansas Department of Revenue from resuming its practice of accommodating gender marker change requests, according to a letter sent to GOP lawmakers and obtained by The Star.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Conjured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conjured. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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