How to Use summon in a Sentence

summon

verb

• The queen summoned him back to the palace.
• One day, Wilson summoned Vail to meet with him, but wouldn’t say why.
  — Joe Rubin, Sacramento Bee, 27 Mar. 2024
• The simplest way to gain lore is to summon glimmers to go questing.
  — Rob Wieland, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• The Crumbleys were summoned to school for a meeting about the drawing but didn’t take Ethan home.
  — Ed White, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Mar. 2023
• Wilks, who coached from the coaches’ booth, was summoned to the sideline during the 49ers sideline after the bye week and coached there for the rest of the season.
  — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2024
• In the other, pressing a button on your smartphone to summon a car.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 26 Sep. 2023
• Tatum summons me in late March, through a mutual friend.
  — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 July 2023
• Aseel and 9-year-old Mays were summoned to metal trailers.
  — Hajar Harb, Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2023
• Darby quietly waits in the back of a small crowd until she’s summoned to the lectern to read from her own true-crime memoir.
  — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
• This is my go-to when things are feeling tough and motivation is hard to summon.
  — Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2023
• Sensing calamity, Kirkpatrick had summoned Rothberg to the farm in May.
  — Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
• Franco's no-show could be because his current lawyers may not have been summoned for the meeting.
  — CBS News, 28 Dec. 2023
• They were summoned to the school the morning of the shooting to discuss his disturbing behavior.
  — Tresa Baldas, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
• But in late May 2022, a four-alarm fire broke out, summoning crews from six different counties to control the blaze.
  — Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2023
• In the present day, Annie Adams has been summoned to a meeting at the sprawling country estate of her wealthy and reclusive great-aunt Frances.
  — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 19 Mar. 2024
• Ringing the doorbell there, Carter summoned the commander, who filled in Gandhi on the scourge of fentanyl.
  — Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2023
• The parents were summoned to the counselor's office for a meeting, and left to return to their jobs, promising to get their son help within 48 hours.
  — Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 8 Mar. 2024
• The dragon balls, when collected, can summon Shen Long, a divine dragon that can grant any wish.
  — Mai Nishiyama, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024
• Ferguson was then summoned to end the game, striking out Jake Cronenworth for his first save in five years.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2023
• Scott Forstall, then Apple’s head of software, pushed an iPhone button to summon Siri and prodded it with questions.
  — Karen Weise, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2023
• Police and customs officials were summoned to the hangar.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Aug. 2023
• The 100 jurors summoned for the jury selection process will be excused.
  — USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2023
• Brennan Bernardino was summoned and needed two pitches to get pinch hitter Ernie Clement to pop up and preserve the lead.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
• Why not use it to express their hopes for a unified peninsula, and to summon a wider audience?
  — Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 3 July 2023
• But artists and labels can’t summon a viral hit on command, and Fitzpatrick isn’t sure lightning will strike twice.
  — Glenn Peoples, Billboard, 28 Mar. 2023
• In 2020, he was summoned by the Revolutionary Court, which sentenced him to a decade in prison for espionage.
  — Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 11 Sep. 2023
• France managed to just get one out in the third before Baker came out and took the ball from his starter, summoning reliever Brandon Bielak to shoulder the load.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2023
• There’s gochujang on the burger and lemongrass and galangal in the avocado toast, summoning sun, earth and pine.
  — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2023
• Here came Shumaker and Sawyer, the brother and sister, who sit with Craig every day in the dining room at lunch, now summoned for the special party.
  — John Carlisle, Detroit Free Press, 30 Aug. 2023
• But a home appliance that summons gorgeous blue flames with the twist of a knob still induces a bit of wonder, and people aren’t likely to give it up without a fight.
  — Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 9 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024