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Example sentences for "conjure"

Lexicographically close words:
conjunctivitis; conjuncture; conjunctures; conjuration; conjurations; conjured; conjurer; conjurers; conjures; conjuring
  1. Ernest," said my wife, smiling, "let us see if we cannot conjure up some eggs.

  2. Come, come, for pity's sake, be a little less stupid, I conjure you.

  3. I commit wholly to you my character and my conduct, with regard to your most honoured father, whom I beseech and conjure you to assure of my eternal gratitude and affection.

  4. Sir Sedley, I fear, greatly mistakes me; set him right, I conjure you.

  5. I could as soon conjure a ghost as call a quarter of it to mind.

  6. Present me, I conjure thee, to the fair and amiable enslaver of my unhappy brother!

  7. Thou who feelest aught of such a Godlike stirring in thee, any faintest intimation of it as through heavy-laden dreams, follow it, I conjure thee.

  8. If thou do know better than I what is good and right, I conjure thee in the name of God, force me to do it; were it by never such brass collars, whips and handcuffs, leave me not to walk over precipices!

  9. It seemed as if some fiend, in bitter mockery, resolved to conjure up the faces of the dead, and to torture his heart with painful recollections, even in the hour of triumph.

  10. It was to bid her farewell for ever, and to conjure her to forget him.

  11. I know you cannot love me; nervous distress, so strong as to conjure up the appearance of the dead or absent, indicates a predilection too powerful to give way to friendship and gratitude alone.

  12. Probably to the mind of some readers the very name of a convict ship will conjure up all sorts of horrors, culminating in a surprise, the capture of the ship by the convicts, and in all who resisted them being thrown overboard.

  13. I conjure you in the name of the power by whom you live!

  14. I conjure you, in the name of Him after whose image you are created, to speak truly!

  15. My Master rings, I must go make him a fire, and conjure o'er his Books.

  16. Now I take him in the nick, ere I done with him, He had better have stood between two panes of wainscot; And made his recantation in the market, Than heare me conjure him.

  17. Now I take him in the nick, e're I have done with him, he had better have stood between two panes of Wainscot, and made his recantation in the Market, than hear me conjure him.

  18. My Master rings, I must go make him a fire, And conjure ore his books.

  19. Tis you that wrong me, off Sir, And suddenly, Ile conjure down the Spirit That I have raised in him.

  20. Tis you that wrong me, off Sir, and suddenly, I'le conjure down the Spirit that I have rais'd in him.

  21. He is the Italian, whom I fear, and I conjure you for your own sake, as well as for mine, to prevent the evils I shudder to foresee.

  22. I conjure you tell me the worst, without hesitation.

  23. Valancourt, 'I conjure you stay, for I have much to tell you.

  24. But the energy of his fears led him instantly to detect the friendly fallacies, which she endeavoured to impose on herself and him, and also to conjure up illusions too powerful for his reason.

  25. Now, thoroughly to ravish thy father Isaac, Thou shalt here incontinent put upon thy back Esau his best apparel, whose fragrant flavour Shall conjure Isaac to bear thee his favour.

  26. Your tongue is liberal and all out of frame: I must needs conjure it, and make it tame.

  27. I woll conjure the nowl,[175] and God before!

  28. It is easier to conjure up the past of this great palace, strolling round it in free air and twilight; perhaps because the landscape and the life still moving on the city streets bring its exterior into harmony with real existence.

  29. The Riva is fairly broad, forming a promenade, where one may conjure up the personages of a century ago.

  30. It is you who are already half-alive, whom I will welcome into life; whom I will conjure in God's name to shake off your enchanted sleep, and live wholly!

  31. Thou who feelest aught of such a Godlike stirring in thee, any faintest intimation of it as through heavy-laden dreams, follow it, I conjure thee.

  32. I conjure you to be faithful to the earth .

  33. The family circle was delighted with this maiden opus, and we may conjure up a picture of little Friedrich playing it of a quiet evening at home, while mother, grandmother, sister and aunts gathered round and marvelled at his genius.

  34. She cursed and said 'I ain't go conjure you.

  35. The following are two stories of conjure told by Mrs. Avery: "I knowed a man onct long ago and he stayed sick all der time.

  36. And it was a name to conjure with in his day!

  37. What associations and recollections did the very sight of it conjure up within us!

  38. Therefore I do conjure all secrecy: Let it be as very little as may be, Pray ye, as may be.

  39. He could conjure too, and play antics to set the folks agape; but as to his honesty, it was of that dubious sort that few cared to have it in trust.

  40. He had meant to conjure up for Isabel's sake some reflex, however faint, of that beautiful picture Mr. Parkman has painted of Maisonneuve founding and consecrating Montreal.

  41. Conjure quick and I won't holler," she said.

  42. I want you to conjure my hair coal black.

  43. It is that there may be no duel that I conjure you to accept.

  44. Americans visiting Berlin are assured of a warm welcome at the Imperial Court, provided they bear names to conjure with in the money-market of the United States.


  45. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "conjure" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    adjure; appeal; bamboozle; beg; beguile; beseech; betray; bluff; cajole; call; circumvent; cite; conjure; convene; crave; deceive; delude; demand; diddle; dupe; entreat; evoke; forestall; gull; hoax; humbug; implore; indent; invoke; juggle; mock; muster; outreach; outwit; overreach; page; pigeon; plead; pray; raise; recall; requisition; serve; snow; subpoena; summon; summons; supplicate; trick


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    conjure thee; conjure you