How to Use conjure in a Sentence

conjure

verb
Definition of conjurenext
Synonyms for conjurenext
  • The students conjured a clever scheme to raise the money they needed.
  • Leave it to the British to conjure up some cheeky celebrity dirt.
    — Devon Elizabeth, Teen Vogue, 17 Jan. 2018
  • With two outs in the sixth, the Padres finally conjured a run.
    — Dennis Lin, sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 May 2017
  • Also: Just ask, and David will still conjure wines to match.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2020
  • The rest of the team left, conjured the plan and returned a few hours later to make sure the home was secure.
    — Shandel Richardson, Sun-Sentinel.com, 8 Sep. 2017
  • What magic did Khloé have to conjure to get that IG name?
    — Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 17 Apr. 2018
  • The Nun 2 has conjured up a winner at the box office this weekend.
    — Vulture, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Summer conjures vacations at the seashore, the cry of gulls, warm sand between the toes and evening fires on the beach.
    — Rich Heileman, cleveland, 18 Oct. 2019
  • For some, a glazed donut conjures up images of tasty treats from Krispy Kreme or Dunkin’.
    — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The cards are then spread on a round table where Wind will sit and conjure his mischief.
    — David Segal, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2022
  • But in this case, Putin has conjured up his own nemesis.
    — Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2023
  • Although the name might conjure a place that's a little rough around the edges, don't be fooled—the food at Stinky's is top notch.
    — Coastal Living, Southern Living, 15 June 2023
  • But it’s not a piece of cake to conjure up, and conditions matter.
    — Lisa Damour, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2020
  • Now think about what that brand name conjures up today.
    — Matt Sebra, GQ, 7 Sep. 2017
  • Nothing left for Merlin to do but conjure himself a job in the NFL.
    — Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 31 Aug. 2022
  • All of that was about building lasting bonds that words alone do not conjure up.
    — Maria Panaritis, Philly.com, 5 Feb. 2018
  • The Broncos didn’t call timeout and went to the other end, hoping to conjure a shot in the chaos of a full-court scramble.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Feb. 2022
  • Your third-grade DIY volcano could not conjure up such feels.
    — Kristin Vartan, EW.com, 11 Nov. 2019
  • For most of us, the word probably doesn’t conjure up the sexiest thoughts.
    — Laurel Benedum, ELLE Decor, 21 Apr. 2020
  • What links them is the way both artists conjure motion that is contained within the frame, so that the gestures pulse and coil.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2022
  • That’s the second backup in two weeks who conjured up a career-best game against USC.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Weerasethakul’s goal in his work is to conjure up a world that closely resembles the scramble of time.
    — The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2022
  • Bachman’s songs—rags, reels and country blues, many named for sites and sounds of Virginia—conjured an easy sense of the past.
    — Brendan Fitzgerald, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
  • My fellow guests conjured him and asked the eternal query: Who swung that hatchet?
    — Andrea Simakis, cleveland, 20 Oct. 2019
  • Frades wanted to conjure a sense of memories past for parts of the story.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Missing out last year left the team wanting to conjure that same magic this year.
    — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Mar. 2021
  • And while caves conjure up images of dark and gloomy spaces, this one is anything but.
    — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2022
  • The name Hemlock Neversink might conjure a wooded fairyland, and that idea isn’t too far from the truth.
    — Devorah Lev-Tov Zoey Poll Caitie Kelly Devorah Lev-Tov Elinor Hitt Jinnie Lee, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2023
  • For many people, art can conjure visions of times past.
    — Sadé Carpenter, RedEye Chicago, 15 Dec. 2017
  • The songs conjure an enchanted land of perpetual adolescence, full of self-renewing wonder.
    — Mitch Therieau, The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2024

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