How to Use conjure in a Sentence

conjure

verb
  • The students conjured a clever scheme to raise the money they needed.
  • This film conjures such a vivid sense of place.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 19 June 2026
  • There was a private wish to conjure back the world.
    — Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 1 May 2026
  • New dreams can be conjured, but first the nightmares have to fade.
    — Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
  • His voice conjured cannons and sea shanties.
    — Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Do any of those songs conjure up any emotion or feeling for you?
    — Jason Newman, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2025
  • Leave it to the British to conjure up some cheeky celebrity dirt.
    — Devon Elizabeth, Teen Vogue, 17 Jan. 2018
  • All of that was about building lasting bonds that words alone do not conjure up.
    — Maria Panaritis, Philly.com, 5 Feb. 2018
  • With two outs in the sixth, the Padres finally conjured a run.
    — Dennis Lin, sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 May 2017
  • Few artists conjure the sound of a city quite like Nyro in the early days.
    — Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork, 24 May 2026
  • The mind conjured only the settings of old films that no one watched anymore.
    — Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
  • Missing out last year left the team wanting to conjure that same magic this year.
    — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Mar. 2021
  • Eyghon is a demon the quartet had conjured for amusement in their youth.
    — ArsTechnica, 7 June 2026
  • This is about conjuring the you that’s waiting to rise to the surface.
    — Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Here, the mirage dissolved just as quickly as it had been conjured.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026
  • And while caves conjure up images of dark and gloomy spaces, this one is anything but.
    — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2022
  • There are few things that conjure the old-world glamour of golden age travel like trains.
    — Madeline Weinfield, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The Rhône conjures Syrah in the north and Grenache-led blends in the south.
    — Emily Cappiello, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • 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
  • The rest of the elements will be conjured up quickly.
    — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
  • What registers is the mood — breezy or cozy, to conjure the season.
    — Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 14 June 2026
  • That's a harder image to conjure.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Its name sounds like it was conjured up by a child who plays too much Call of Duty.
    — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 8 May 2026
  • Tariffs don’t conjure consumer demand out of thin air.
    — Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 28 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • Frades wanted to conjure a sense of memories past for parts of the story.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Your third-grade DIY volcano could not conjure up such feels.
    — Kristin Vartan, EW.com, 11 Nov. 2019
  • With one word, Air Attack had conjured a vision of the end times.
    — Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
  • The name Paris Hilton may conjure up an image of a glamorous heiress.
    — Anna Halkidis, Parents, 3 Mar. 2026
  • This was the problem with conjuring my mother.
    — Douglas Stuart, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026

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