summon up

phrasal verb

summoned up; summoning up; summons up

: to bring (a memory, feeling, image, etc.) into the mind

Visiting his old house summoned up memories of his childhood.

Examples of summon up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Gooseberry Margarita, meanwhile, summons up themes of the British seaside, as reflected in Beach Scene, a 1990s work by Richard Bartle (found on the fifth floor). —Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025

The Eternal City is modern, of course, but there’s no denying the sense of wonder its most historic architecture can summon up. —Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 26 Mar. 2025

As for summoning up that resume, even a youngster would have an impossible time memorizing Freeman's epic cinematic roster. —Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025

The fact that his performance sometimes summons up that film is no reason to discount it. —Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Feb. 2025

Players on both sides can summon up to three allies, which turns a personal 1v1 match into a large 4v4 fight. —Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025

While the words ranch house might summon up an image of a low-ceilinged suburban house with tiny windows that block out the street, the Ponderosa Drive home seems designed to maximize the views of the woods. —Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 10 Jan. 2025

This opening cut from the Tony Williams Lifetime’s 1969 debut, with Williams on drums, Larry Young on organ and the British guitar god John McLaughlin, summons up a few of my favorite musical-cultural milestones. —Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025

Larysa passed tragically this weekend and now her children will need all the love and support the community can summon up. —Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 10 Dec. 2024

Rhymes for summon up

• buttercup
• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup