- invoke
- 01. The priest [invoked] a blessing for the sick child.02. Too many people [invoke] a passage of the Bible to justify their intolerance of those who are different.03. The old witch [invoked] the help of evil spirits to destroy her enemy.04. By [invoking] a clause in the contract guaranteeing a fixed price, management was able to avoid paying for the increase in fuel costs.05. All his life, he refused to believe in any religion, but on his deathbed he suddenly [invoked] God, and asked for forgiveness.06. The village priests performed a sacred dance to [invoke] their gods in an effort to bring rain to their dry lands.07. The police [invoked] a law against child abuse to arrest the man after he bought sex from a teenage prostitute.08. I was able to find the missing files by [invoking] the search function.09. The old woman [invoked] the aid of a stranger when her husband collapsed on the sidewalk.10. Many different cultures, from ancient Egyptians to 20th-century Balkan, perform special ceremonial dances intended to [invoke] rain and bring about an abundant harvest.11. The military leader [invoked] religious principles to justify his overtaking the government.12. The old Indian chief had raised his hands to the sky, and was [invoking] the gods to come to his aid.13. Gilbert Chesterton once joked, "Never [invoke] the gods unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very much."14. In the Middle Ages, English soldiers believed that an army attacking a castle could [invoke] supernatural forces to their aid if they marched counter-clockwise around the castle walls.15. Concerned citizens the world over are calling on the United Nations to [invoke] resolution 377A in order to bring an end to the war.
Grammatical examples in English. 2013.