How To Use Conjure up In A Sentence

With names such as Codex Sinaiticus, the Macregol Gospels and the Valenciennes Apocalypse, they evoke lost empires and ancient monasteries as surely as archaeopteryx and ceratosaurus conjure up primeval swamps and forests. GetReligion
Later presidents tried to revive it to conjure up domestic support for their beleaguered policies.
Harvard-educated Internet entrepreneur and cosmopolite Alex Vik and his wife, Carrie, set out to conjure up a comprehensive personal vision here that involves ranch life, sports, and luxury; a genuine sense of place; and a reach for something universal. Off the Beaten Track
To say the word god in American public discourse is to conjure up a number of images and ideas that serve to undermine democracy in name of religious freedom. Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou: 'Gods, Gays and Guns' (EXCERPT)
Few human pursuits can conjure up such overblown expectations, fanned by holiday brochure photo-spreads showing impossibly white beaches domed by suspiciously azure skies.

Different names conjure up different images. Times, Sunday Times
Will tried to conjure up their blissful months together but before long he spiralled back down again. Times, Sunday Times
Conjure up a bucket-load of goals? The Sun
Now I'm all for anything that celebrates blatant carnivorism, and I'd love to see PETA's apoplectic reaction, but come on: I've been inside a Burger King and while the amalgam of scent that assaults your nose may not be quite as revolting as the aforementioned love sweat of the Mongolian Cud-Spitting Yak, it certainly doesn't conjure up images of sweet lovin 'on a plush rug in front of a roaring fire. Scent of Love
The artists responsible for the works and for dimming lights, Stanikas, conjure up the ghosts of Lithuanian and Soviet past and of the difficult transition.
The mere mention of the words "heart failure", can conjure up, to the layman, the prospect of imminent death.
Used his wand of a left foot to conjure up three points. The Sun
Instead, the words conjure up unpleasant memories of mom's experimental eggplant lasagna and certain rubber-like meat substitutes.
TO the books of the monastery some human interest clings: we can at once conjure up a picture of the cloister and the scribe at his work; the handling of an old manuscript, the turning over of finely-written and quaintly-illuminated yellow pages, throws the mind flashing back centuries to the silent writer in his carrell. Old English Libraries; The Making, Collection and Use of Books During the Middle Ages
However, her pictures are not about the romantic images that these conjure up, but focus on the world they transport the viewer too.
Dieting always seems to conjure up images of endless cottage cheese salads.
Do film-makers just make use of the kookaburra to conjure up exotic tropical atmosphere - or are there birds with similar calls?
But now that we're all plugged into the Matrix, will we basically conjure up a "dreamworld" that feels very much like the "real world? Archive 2007-11-01
And because you are doubting you begin to conjure up images of disaster and failure. POSITIVE THINKING: Everything you have always known about positive thinking but were afraid to put into practice
The restaurant had worked hard to conjure up vivid images of Thailand in every detail from the artwork and carvings adorning the green and maroon walls to the incense wafting through the air.
Conjure up the cottage you imagined hansel and gretle finding in the woods. I-claudius Diary Entry
This was a false assumption; Jone was well-versed in the holy scriptures, and it was whispered that he had the ability to conjure up eidolons and spirits.
Yorkston apologises profusely for only playing six songs, but while the set seems a little truncated, he still manages to conjure up some moments of real magic.
One of his strategies is to test whether a word can conjure up a complex idea.
It will take a masterly spin doctor to conjure upbeat images from a bleak Kansas youth.
I can't simply conjure up the money out of thin air.
While for some, video games conjure up the image of the socially withdrawn and uncommunicative male, the milieu of video games is intensely social.
The mention of Bavaria may still conjure up images of rowdy beer halls, oompah bands and red-cheeked folk in dirndl and lederhosen, but the state capital, Munich, is revamping itself as Germany's answer to silicon valley. How Bavaria became a European silicon valley
The industry does not have all the answers and we cannot wave a magic wand to conjure up a solution overnight. Times, Sunday Times
In that, he is the true heir to Yves Saint Laurent, who could conjure up surrealism without looking a fool.
Taking the mickey out of modern dance, they conjure up moves by all the greats, starting with Isadora Duncan swanning around the Louvre and ending in a symphony of blue.
Amid the rambling dialogue and semi-lucid metaphors we become privy to a sense of the director's desperation to conjure up some kind of meaning.
Does the idea of touring conjure up exciting images of places to see and new foods and adventures to experience in foreign lands?
It is the business of a novelist to conjure up into existence the world of imagination.
Indeed, it is the divine attribute of the imagination, that it is irrepressible, unconfinable; that when the real world is shut out, it can create a world for itself, and with a necromantic power, can conjure up glorious shapes and forms, and brilliant visions, to make solitude populous, and irradiate the gloom of the dungeon. The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon
When people think of building demolition, they almost invariably conjure up visions of spectacular implosions with large buildings collapsing in seconds.
I'm trying to conjure up the good-fairy presence, trying to get her to pay attention to me.
As Osa dancers perform a stick dance meant to conjure up the spirits of their ancestors, organizers say the festive season is not a denouncement of Western Christian values.
This was a false assumption; he was well-versed in the holy scriptures, and it was whispered that he had the ability to conjure up eidolons and spirits.
To always say more than it intends, to conjure up possibilities that set us off on internal flights of fancy, to gesture beyond itself in myriad ways and to tantalize with the shadows of other stories, hiding in the corners of the most realistic of narratives. Reading Workshop I « Tales from the Reading Room
How am I expected to conjure up a meal for six of his friends with almost nothing in the fridge?
The mere mention of the words "heart failure", can conjure up, to the layman, the prospect of imminent death.
When his mind chose to conjure up images, it presented every possible situation he could ever hate.
When you say design, some folks conjure up images of la-di-da characters with long silk scarves flurrying about pointing out how atrocious or marvelous everything looks.
The semi-conscious bride and the manipulative groom pulling up to a Las Vegas wedding chapel drive-in did not conjure up images of a fairy tale romance.
How many picture can we conjure up of a helmeted Tomlinson, dark glass and all, "pouting" on the sideline? Pats Pulpit
I can't simply conjure up the money out of thin air.
Shifting away from the dim hopes of my rescue, I conjure up a series of bright memories that bring me a tidal change of emotion.
The green, blue and yellow collections, with their combination of fresh floral prints and earthy woven checks conjure up images of rural Tuscan living.
These don't conjure up demonic spirits do they?
When we think of the term hybrid, we tend to conjure up images of cars like the Autoblog Green
As far as I can tell, your argument, which you inist Mr. Sidgwick must accept if he wishes to avoid being bespattered with innuendo about Final Solutions, is as follows: if the phantasms I, John Roosevelt, conjure up are true representations of reality, then a negotiated settlement is impossible; therefore, a negotiated settlement is impossible. On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
Silly me, I have begun to conjure up an image of Newt Gingrich as a man more used than using.
White, cream and wintry pale beige hues in conjunction with sheepskin, polar skin, shaggy furs and plenty of quilts conjure up polar expedition gear.
Undaunted, Channel 4 is persisting with the idea that you can conjure up magical profits from the frilly sleeves of cyberspace.
Being respected and trusted are undervalued qualities in a captain, arguably more important than the ability to conjure up funky field placings. Times, Sunday Times
How am I expected to conjure up a meal for six of his friends with almost nothing in the fridge?
Spas used to conjure up visions of rich, fortysomething women, slathered, pummeled and anointed, sequestered from the world while a plastic surgeon's handiwork healed among plush surroundings, granola farms in Battle Creek, or extreme fitness. Live Better South of the Border & Spas and Hot Springs of Mexico
We can only conjure up the ghosts of the past through our fragmented memories.
T hink the word begum and you conjure up an image of a Nawabi woman who leads a disciplined life behind the veil. The Hindu - Front Page
The Boom Boom Satellites - Anthem this Tokyo based electro-pop duo has been around since the early 90's, and seemed to somehow fenagle their way into getting a large slice of the musical share for the movie (almost a third of the soundtrack) along the likes of the Basement Jaxx, T. Raumschmiere et al. the sound is familiar to anyone who's been near a radio tuned into rock station anytime in the last five years; plenty of echoed, synthy sounds that may conjure up aural images of Linkin Bizkit or anyone else from that clade of sound-alike angsty bands. so why bother, you ask? but soft, dear reader - keep in mind their work is in the "file under J-pop category," meaning it takes something familiar and annoying and somehow makes it both listenable and more interesting. Music (For Robots): February 2005 Archives
Unfortunately, I can't just conjure up the money out of thin air!
But, the mind can conjure up some really serious images.
Consider This: Not only is this name hard to spell and pronounce, but it also seems to conjure up the word pitiful. 5-Star Baby Name Advisor
The new Masters of the Universe conjure up hedge funds and financial instruments that sound to many people like numbers masquerading as work. Times, Sunday Times
It is a time when the very mention of witches, gnomes, hobgoblins and ogres is enough to conjure up a fantasy world populated with a multitude of such creatures.
This is just a figment of the imagination of weak minds that conjure up images to provide solace when they cannot handle reality, she continued.
When you think of Spain's Costas, chances are you conjure up images of lager louts swilling pints of beer, greasy spoon restaurants and unfinished high-rise hotels that block out the sun stretching as far as the eye can see.
Using cracked linen as a surface, she painted motifs that conjure up images of Italian frescoes and simulate the effects of time and weather.
I can't simply conjure up the money out of thin air.
For some people, the word 'England' may still conjure up images of pretty gardens and tea parties.
The new Masters of the Universe conjure up hedge funds and financial instruments that sound to many people like numbers masquerading as work. Times, Sunday Times
When we think of the men who mapped the New World's rivers, we tend to conjure up schoolbook scenes like Hernando de Soto crossing the Mississippi and Henry Hudson sailing into New York Harbor. Escaping The Rainforest
Their imaginations must be feverish enough to conjure up ever more daring flights of fancy, but then cold enough to try to annihilate their own creations.
Moreover, large, one-off payments for single books do not immediately conjure up the image of an ongoing, committed publishing relationship.
But her figure does not conjure up images of health and fitness. The Sun
Using 200-year-old legislation, he was convicted of pretending to conjure up spirits.
While for some, video games conjure up the image of the socially withdrawn and uncommunicative male, the milieu of video games is intensely social.
As I looked at the cover featuring a cased set of a pair of Great Western six-guns, not even in my wildest imagination could I ever conjure up a vision of someday not only handling but actually shooting these very same sixguns.
Moreover, large, one-off payments for single books do not immediately conjure up the image of an ongoing, committed publishing relationship.
But it requires a mind entirely free to give one's self up to the charm of historical dilettanteism which cities built upon the past conjure up, and although Julien prided himself, not without reason, on being above emotion, he was not possessed of his usual independence of mind during the walk which took him to his "human mosaic," as he picturesquely expressed it, and he pondered and repondered the following questions: The French Immortals Series — Complete
He is still pondering ways to conjure up the money. Times, Sunday Times
For visitors following the marked trail that leads around the battlefield, its powerful aura helps conjure up the tableaux that unfolded over a hundred years ago.
Somehow we have to conjure up another $10,000.
To the uninitiated, the name may conjure up images of cuddly warm fur, but to many Philadelphia restaurateurs, it evokes bullhorns, shouting and intimidation. The Foie Gras Wars
It is the business of a novelist to conjure up into existence the world of imagination.
To anybody who has ever endured a caravan holiday in Ireland, mobile homes will always conjure up images of laminate interiors, chintzy furnishings and Travel Scrabble.
In terms of womanhood, the words conjure up something, well, unflatteringly female.
It doesn't ring and it doesn't conjure up cool images of things being "slayed" either. EW.com: Today's Latest Headlines
The resultant puke itself, of course, added to the savage osmic holocaust which more than crime, more than despair, more than the appalling sense of victimisation and neglect turned those places (ghastly enough in their nylon carpeted, vending-machine, strip-lit healthy incarnations) into an idea of hell that the combined imaginations of Hieronymus Bosch, Dante and Antonin Artaud could never conjure up. Stephen Fry: The Great Stink of 2005
But the word trooper must not conjure up a vision of belted horsemen, rigid in uniform, with clanking sabres, and helmets of brass. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859
As one laved one's chest one could conjure up images of bowler hats on the coat rack, well-thumbed Police Gazettes, shoe polish and cigars.
For many people, the names Derry and Northern Ireland immediately conjure up grainy television images of soldiers on the streets, petrol bomb-lobbing youths, armoured vehicles and palls of smoke.
He is still pondering ways to conjure up the money. Times, Sunday Times
As Osa dancers perform a stick dance meant to conjure up the spirits of their ancestors, organizers say the festive season is not a denouncement of Western Christian values.
These labels may conjure up images of animals who roam freely in green pastures, but the reality of life and death for animals on organic and free-range farms is very different.
Different names conjure up different images. Times, Sunday Times
Dieting always seems to conjure up images of endless salads.
When asked to explain what this means, the students conjure up images of older kids hassling younger ones.
Instead, the words conjure up unpleasant memories of mom's experimental eggplant lasagna and certain rubber-like meat substitutes.
This is another one of these stupid columns that has to conjure up hypotheticals in order to criticize.
The show was able to conjure up serious and meaningful drama, and could absolutely rock the house when it chose to.
Many cities today already have a ‘brand’ in the sense that they conjure up an image in the consumer's mind.
Your article made me conjure up vague recollections of chalkboards and diagramming sentences. A gripe with grammar « Write Anything
I mean, those things were not too hard for a magical all-powerful guy like you to conjure up.
Can't for the life of me conjure up a complaint or a whinge, nothing to rant about.
Dieting always seems to conjure up images of endless cottage cheese salads.
The first-person voice is amazing--the narrator's funny and warm and entirely persuasive and completely likeable--and it's got the right kind of grotesquerie to really conjure up the memory of life as a young person. Manstealing for Fat Girls
Even though my passion for the hunt has largely run dry, isn't it heartening to know that in this day and age, we still have the ability to conjure up our own sets of imaginary flying monkeys, whether they're celestial baboons attempting to steal one's thoughts, or, as I like to think of them, winged capuchins tinkering with the PPM of our city's water. Martin Marks: In Soft Water
To anybody who has ever endured a caravan holiday in Ireland, mobile homes will always conjure up images of laminate interiors, chintzy furnishings and Travel Scrabble.
I can't simply conjure up the money out of thin air.
Certainly, this dry and rather self-important film does little to conjure up the thrilling exchange of ideas and the bitter rivalries. Times, Sunday Times
Will tried to conjure up their blissful months together but before long he spiralled back down again. Times, Sunday Times
The renewed partnership with the superb winner of the recent high-class Mears Group Chase at Cheltenham could conjure up another chapter in the success story of a reborn rider whose luck really does seem to have changed.
To Britons of the right age, those three words conjure up all sorts of semi-nostalgic memories.
How am I expected to conjure up a meal for six of his friends with almost nothing in the fridge?
When you think of the term shaman or medicine man it might conjure up images of African witchdoctors. ScreenTalk
Third, "Aronia" is neutral and doesn't conjure up the negative assciations of "chokeberry. ARONIA 'IROQUOIS BEAUTY'
So too the many woods conspire leafily to conjure up the most terrible of storms, green and raging. Small Object With a Face Gone Awry (Revised)
A new service for prospective husbands promises to conjure up the most romantic scenarios to pop the question and provide the ring. Times, Sunday Times
He poured his heart out in soaring songs of praise, in searing prayers, in sublime thanksgiving, in words infinitely more exalted than any I could conjure up.
Happy to milk the galleries he gives back as much as he receives and, despite throttling back his driving, he can still conjure up the kind of spectacular shots that keep the galleries cheering.
Now, I don't know about you, but when I conjure up a description of my bathroom or any bathroom, the words "coffered," "wainscoting" and "Bianco Verde marble" don't come to mind. The Best Bathroom in NYC
It is a time when the very mention of witches, gnomes, hobgoblins and ogres is enough to conjure up a fantasy world populated with a multitude of such creatures.
He says Scotland in Europe seems still to conjure up something of a distant challenge and this is despite the Scots' long-standing reputation for internationalism.
But this woman has committed to memory all the essentials of her own physiognomy, and can conjure up, time and again, her own basic likeness without resorting to a mirror.
The sheer multitude of vocal tones that a gifted mimic like Roth (the author) is able to conjure up is extraordinary.
Far from an image one would readily conjure up as a waltz, La Valse's sexually provocative choreography was reminiscent of Glen Tetley's lascivious Rite of Spring.
Dieting always seems to conjure up images of endless cottage cheese salads.
Surely a fableist would conjure up something more dramatic than a little boy cutting down a cherry tree with his new hatchet. The Seventh Sense
When you think of a Shakespearian play, most conjure up memories of high school productions, period costumes and long and flowery speeches in an outdated and hard to understand language.
The curving paths and ramps conjure up images of a Tuscany landscape as they rise towards the visitors center.
The device can also conjure up alternative routes to bypass roadworks and traffic jams, and will quickly get motorists back on course if they take a wrong turning.
They conjure up images of dusty old offices, arcane inventions and oddball inventors.
Yes ... 'twould be about ten years since she'd dropped Cumming's acquaintance abruptly, and my lurid imagination could conjure up the scene in some silken nest of sin around South Audley Street, circa 1880, Cumming all moustachioed and masterful in his long combinations and my adulterous angel bursting proudly out of her corset as they slanged each other across the crumpled sheets of shame. Watershed
Worse still is the title track - eight-and-a-half minutes of tedium and cliché interrupted by bad Riverdance impressions which really puncture the dark mood the song is trying to conjure up.
The industry does not have all the answers and we cannot wave a magic wand to conjure up a solution overnight. Times, Sunday Times
How am I expected to conjure up a meal for six of his friends with almost nothing in the fridge?
The mere mention of the words "heart failure", can conjure up, to the layman, the prospect of imminent death.
We might begin to conjure up something of the pleasure of those balmy nights that many of us have enjoyed on holiday in the Med. Times, Sunday Times
The word will conjure up memories of previous occasions where the player has been aggressive and successfully overcome a challenge.
Its glossy pages and colourful pictures conjure up the image of a veritable paradise.
I was a little glum at the thought of walking back up but it's wonderful what the promise of a farmhouse lunch can conjure up in the way of fortitude.
We might begin to conjure up something of the pleasure of those balmy nights that many of us have enjoyed on holiday in the Med. Times, Sunday Times
And what nonsense people have used it to conjure up for half a century now. Times, Sunday Times
And because you are doubting you begin to conjure up images of disaster and failure. POSITIVE THINKING: Everything you have always known about positive thinking but were afraid to put into practice
I never conjure up an image of a black Labrador, Chesapeake Bay Retriever, German Shorthair, or Weimaraner when the word "pooch" is spoken! Enter Our Gun Dog Photo Contest to Win This Gun!
Using cracked linen as a surface, she painted motifs that conjure up images of Italian frescoes and simulate the effects of time and weather.
We have an innate tendency to avoid pain, and therefore we are apt to conjure up rationalizations that justify our behavior.
The mere mention of the words "heart failure", can conjure up, to the layman, the prospect of imminent death.
All these flowery metaphors conjure up before readers the celestial couple - Lord Shiva and his divine consort Gauri.
In the U.S., the word "bookie" might conjure up images of shady men dealing out of backrooms at horse tracks. TIME.com: Top Stories
They conjure up a picture of loutish noblemen. The Times Literary Supplement
Furthermore, by the agency of the creative imagination, the narrator can also conjure up vivid imagery of a pre-lapsarian Greece, recovering the splendid vistas of a once glorious Athens from the ruins of time: The Ruins of Empire: Nationalism, Art, and Empire in Hemans's Modern Greece
Mr. Hardiquest says that he will stock the kitchen's extra space with new equipment, like his own alcohol distiller, which he can use to conjure up homemade food essences. A chef's Bon-Bon voyage
Even now I find it harder to conjure up memories of Kennedy, harder to fall back under that inexplicable spell.
For many of us, it's as plain as the nose on our faces - different smells conjure up specific memories.
When we hear the word terrorism or we think of violent extremists, we can all too easily conjure up images of destruction and death that have resulted in acts of terrorism all over the world. Pat Mitchell: Can Mothers Stop Terrorism?
We might begin to conjure up something of the pleasure of those balmy nights that many of us have enjoyed on holiday in the Med. Times, Sunday Times
If we can conjure up enough of a wind, we might be able to stay out of bowshot anyway. LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR
Even better, you are free to walk those realms your way - battle against evil as a selfless knight or conjure up demons as an undead warlock.
For many people the phrase "craft and design" might conjure up images of hand-thrown porcelain tableware, avant-garde jewelry, studio furniture and "fiber art," and indeed the art fairs, museums and galleries that focus on contemporary craft and design present quite a lot of this kind of work. Sarah Archer: The Material Is the Message
For a moment he had thoughts of swinging round his duar and trying to conjure up a flashlight or two. A Corridor in the Asylum
The mere mention of the words "heart failure", can conjure up, to the layman, the prospect of imminent death.
Can you conjure up a picture of the imperial life in ancient Egypt?
He is still pondering ways to conjure up the money. Times, Sunday Times
Fantasy is a genre that tends to make me twitchy, though in expert hands it can conjure up a bogus credibility: Surely we don't object to the gods disporting themselves in Greek drama.
Yet somehow that book failed to conjure up a sense of Godwin as a fully rounded human being.
When we think of adventurers, many of us conjure up images of larger-than-life characters trekking to the North Pole.
What does the word "feminist" conjure up for you?
‘… To think that she'd be able to conjure up such devilry as this,’ cursed the Archmage, as he struggled to compact the sphere further.
Yet he regularly tries too hard to cover this fact up: as if he can conjure up a blokeish persona.
For many people the word ‘geologist’ is apt to conjure up images of whiskery Victorian fossil collectors clad in heavy tweeds.
He loads the film with pitch black comedy, giving it a rich texture that most filmmakers wouldn't be able to conjure up.
Except for the die-hards, what attributes does the name conjure up? Archive 2007-10-01
We can let Charlotte and Lois and Elvira loose in the kitchen, and they can conjure up some scrambled eggs and toast for everyone, she said, inwardly wincing at even uttering the word conjure. Dragon Warrior
This very word would seem to conjure up a sense of community, of shared experience.
The industry does not have all the answers and we cannot wave a magic wand to conjure up a solution overnight. Times, Sunday Times
The esteemed Bentley name, like that of Rolls-Royce, is world renowned for a tradition of excellence in automobiles that stretches back to 1919 -- but what did the name conjure up in today's new-age, and somewhat greener-in-its approach, guilt-laden auto world? Canada.com Top Stories
Salt assault: U.S. health officials want Americans to slash daily sodium intake Go green or go home: Frito-Lay and Staples to increase number of electric trucks The term 'artisan' may conjure up images of cheese makers crafting wheels of cheese the old-fashioned way and bakers mixing dough by hand. NYDN Rss
When we think of adventurers, many of us conjure up images of larger-than-life characters trekking to the North Pole.
Plus, the term comfort food may conjure up images of cookies, chips, mashed potatoes. CNN Transcript Jan 10, 2009
Why should I have to conjure up an entirely new ladyperson and compose an entirely new adventure around her and her gigglesome exploits just because men don't buy books? Planet.journals.ie
He seemed to conjure up contradictory feelings of self-abnegation and self-righteousness, of the need for charity and the compulsion to talk about one's personal sense of sacrifice.
‘I conjure up the image in my mind and translate it on to the canvas, improving it until I am satisfied,’ he says.
She also encourages associative thinking, such as jotting down a list of loosely related terms or phrases that conjure up your concept. And Now, the Tricky Part: Naming Your Business
Talent night at the local elementary school tends to conjure up images of kazoo players, off-key warblers and budding baton twirlers, all with big dreams and stars in their eyes.
Over on the other side of the world, the mere mention of the word was sufficient to conjure up whole crowds of its historic frequenters, and to send trooping through my imagination endless groups of wits and dandies, pamphleteers and bravos, and bohemians of Grub Street. COFFEE-HOUSES AND DOSS-HOUSES
Such visions of the end conjure up some of the disadvantages that inhere in the passage of time: the surprise of the unprecedented, the bewilderment that accompanies the discovery of the unique.
It is impossible for me to conjure up the words to adequately describe my own experiences.
The end effect is meant to conjure up the sonority of the saz, an instrument used in traditional Turkish music.
We might begin to conjure up something of the pleasure of those balmy nights that many of us have enjoyed on holiday in the Med. Times, Sunday Times
The mere mention of the words "heart failure", can conjure up, to the layman, the prospect of imminent death.

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