We love music for the buried hopes, the garnered memories, the tender feelings it can summon at a touch. From LearnThat.org. [Samuel Rogers, Source: Epigram.]
summon a lawyer. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
So you, de Marmont, had best go straight away to the Hôtel de Ville and in my name summon the préfet to appear before me. From Wordnik.com. [The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days] Reference
His lawyers said the summon might be a trap as they had received information that Susno would be named a suspect. From Wordnik.com. [The Jakarta Post] Reference
That explains her frequent use of the word "summon". From Wordnik.com. [Hillary And Obama Square Off Over Terrorism And Fear] Reference
Parliament has resolved to "summon" Judge John Foxcroft of the Cape. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
But do they ever "summon" me when it comes time for a nice dinner party, or a bit of an entertainment? he thought sourly. From Wordnik.com. [The Serpent's Shadow]
Every mother also knows how annoying it can be when the baby learns that it can cry, and "summon" his mother back into existence. From Wordnik.com. [Afterlife and object permanence] Reference
I say "summon" because I use this technique whether or not the application is already running. From Wordnik.com. [TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us] Reference
There’s not even a magistrate to summon, which is the usual procedure in instances of kidnap. From Wordnik.com. [The Berrybender Narratives] Reference
Then the ailing chimp seemed to summon her last erg of energy. From Wordnik.com. [Take Two Roots; Call Me . . .] Reference
Whether they can summon the political will to avert them is less certain. From Wordnik.com. [First Shot Of A Trade War?] Reference
Fortunately, the couple manage to summon a specialist who can overrule him. From Wordnik.com. [Learning To Respect A Patient's Intuitions] Reference
Not long afterward, Obasanjo personally phoned to summon her to the capital. From Wordnik.com. [Fighting Fake Drugs] Reference
I can summon up a smile as well as some details for each of Tiger's major wins. From Wordnik.com. [The Dark Side of Golf] Reference
It may not be easy for Americans to summon much sympathy for Taliban or Qaeda prisoners. From Wordnik.com. [The Death Convoy Of Afghanistan] Reference
Confronted with hard times, Americans often summon forth astonishing recuperative powers. From Wordnik.com. [The Spirit Of America] Reference
His aunt put a little bell by his bed so that Enrique could summon her whenever he wanted. From Wordnik.com. [‘A Handbook to Luck’] Reference
Today, eight years after its market flamed out, Japan still can't summon the will to reform. From Wordnik.com. [This Can Go On] Reference
You can summon information on 4,400 mutual funds or search for funds that meet your standards. From Wordnik.com. [Six Antidotes For Old Age] Reference
They live in waiting -- for their parents to get green cards and the greenbacks to summon them. From Wordnik.com. [The 'Barrel Children'] Reference
The kids love it and succeed -- but McNulty loses them and, panicked, has to summon mall security. From Wordnik.com. [High 'Wire' Act] Reference
It falls to Nakamura, 50, the designated architect of Nissan's revival, to summon up the new and the bold. From Wordnik.com. [Secret Weapon] Reference
Maybe it would summon the courage to cut future benefits and raise taxes to bring the system into balance. From Wordnik.com. [THE PRESIDENT'S PILE OF PROBLEMS] Reference
These days, with the click of a mouse, you can summon up creamy brush strokes and gritty surface textures. From Wordnik.com. [Throw Out The Brushes] Reference
So I really did have to summon up a lot of my own resources, and work through many of the feelings that I had. From Wordnik.com. ['The Ground Keeps Shifting'] Reference
To get the balance between America and France right, the new president will need all the smarts he can summon. From Wordnik.com. [We Are All Socialists Now] Reference
Bone's mother is too in love -- and too poor -- to leave him, so the girl must summon the will to face him down herself. From Wordnik.com. [Return Of The Rebel Belle] Reference
The man returned in a few minutes, but only to summon to the phone with him two other men who also work with the president. From Wordnik.com. [A Death In Washington] Reference
So Dole would summon the two admen himself, usually on some pretense, and then invite them to second-guess the campaign manager. From Wordnik.com. [Don't Look Now] Reference
By the time Krakauer reached the summit, 57 hours after he'd last slept, he writes, "I just couldn't summon the energy to care.". From Wordnik.com. [Two Days On Top Of The World] Reference
This seems obvious at first glance, although advocacy groups for fatherhood can also summon up reams of statistics to demonstrate it. From Wordnik.com. [Building A Better Dad] Reference
His personal history may also make it difficult for him to summon the moral authority necessary to lead by the power of his rhetoric. From Wordnik.com. [Peso Bill's Bailout] Reference
After he left, I fled the room, gasping for breath, to tearfully summon Doug's parents from Florida and call his brother in New Jersey. From Wordnik.com. [I SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO BEG FOR A PROGNOSIS] Reference
As subject as any man to moments of doubt and uncertainty, he managed to summon the self-confidence necessary to persevere amid disaster. From Wordnik.com. [HISTORY: 1776--WASHINGTON'S WAR] Reference
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