as in begged
to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner
I conjure you to hear my plea for mercy
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Recent Examples of conjured
The music was sufficiently groovy, the costumes era-appropriate (miniskirts, Travolta-tight slacks), yet nothing conjured the tension of an oppressive August day—and nobody broke a sweat.
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Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2026
Even in those quiet hysterics which statued me unprovoked, my imagination had not conjured this rapid an unspooling.
—Literary Hub, 27 Mar. 2026
The Earth’s sun is infected with a mysterious phenomena conjured by Weir called a Petrova line, a trail of alien cells called astrophage that are slowly consuming the fiery orb.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2026
The Gulf’s economic and cultural transformation, megaprojects, and embrace of tech conjured a vision of a future defined by development, not conflict.
—Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 16 Mar. 2026
But Sunday’s 6-0 dismantling loss by Vancouver at BC Place conjured up two of the club’s all-time worst games from its debut season in 2017.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 15 Mar. 2026
When Upton and Verlander opted for a home theater rather than a proper dining room, Ruggiero conjured a moody lounge slicked in a blackberry paint, festooned with heavy velvet curtains, and crowned by a graphic Iksel wallpaper.
—Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 13 Mar. 2026
The long list of environmental concerns to Charlotte’s already limited greenspace is the latest concern the 11-mile project has conjured.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 11 Mar. 2026
Modern science tends to see consciousness as arising from neural activity, like ghostly software conjured through the brain’s material hardware.
—Conor Feehly, Big Think, 10 Mar. 2026
Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2026
Even in those quiet hysterics which statued me unprovoked, my imagination had not conjured this rapid an unspooling.
—Literary Hub, 27 Mar. 2026
The Earth’s sun is infected with a mysterious phenomena conjured by Weir called a Petrova line, a trail of alien cells called astrophage that are slowly consuming the fiery orb.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2026
The Gulf’s economic and cultural transformation, megaprojects, and embrace of tech conjured a vision of a future defined by development, not conflict.
—Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 16 Mar. 2026
But Sunday’s 6-0 dismantling loss by Vancouver at BC Place conjured up two of the club’s all-time worst games from its debut season in 2017.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 15 Mar. 2026
When Upton and Verlander opted for a home theater rather than a proper dining room, Ruggiero conjured a moody lounge slicked in a blackberry paint, festooned with heavy velvet curtains, and crowned by a graphic Iksel wallpaper.
—Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 13 Mar. 2026
The long list of environmental concerns to Charlotte’s already limited greenspace is the latest concern the 11-mile project has conjured.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 11 Mar. 2026
Modern science tends to see consciousness as arising from neural activity, like ghostly software conjured through the brain’s material hardware.
—Conor Feehly, Big Think, 10 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conjured
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Curry’s passenger begged officers to help Curry but Billups-Taylor blithely dismissed this concern, stating that Curry was acting, court documents state.—
Deborah Laverty,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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In an embarrassingly amateurish political stunt, Bianco blew the president a kiss and all but begged for an endorsement by seizing 650,000 ballots from last November’s election to determine whether they were fraudulently counted.—
Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2026
Verb
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By 1838, Prudhomme was dead, and his daughter petitioned to divide the estate.—
Elijah Winkler,
Kansas City Star,
29 Mar. 2026
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The Beall property was at one time in Fort Worth’s ETJ, but Beall petitioned the city to relinquish it.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Conjured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conjured. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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