conjure up

Example Sentences

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“What exactly was in that letter you put in the Academy mailbox? I saw you swipe a form from the Glitch room. What could you possibly have had time to conjure up that fast?”

From Literature

The phrase “Abstract Expressionist” conjures up hard-drinking, chain-smoking men arguing loudly in the male-dominated enclaves of the Cedar Tavern and the Club about what paintings can and cannot be.

From The Wall Street Journal

When most people think about the quintessential student experience, they may conjure up images of late night parties, early morning lectures and spending time in the student union bar between classes.

From BBC

The emotions are not complex here, but they are heartfelt, thanks to how McLaughlin and Union conjure up larger-than-life personalities via their voice performances.

From Los Angeles Times

He chose that particular name because “it conjured up someone old-fashioned and bad-tempered lamenting the state of the world through the window of a London club while clutching his glass of port.”

From The Wall Street Journal