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  • In the midst of the storm, the sailors began to invoke the ancient sea gods, hoping for their protection and a safe journey home.
    invoke = call upon
  • She invoked the National Emergency Act to support her actions.
    invoked = cited or called upon for validation
  • I only invoked what you already knew.  (source)
    invoked = brought forth
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  • He used all his money for a ticket, boarded the train as he had done many times, coolly chatted with the conductor, to whom Dill was a familiar sight, but he had not the nerve to invoke the rule on small children traveling a distance alone if you've lost your money the conductor will lend you enough for dinner and your father will pay him back at the end of the line.  (source)
    invoke = call upon
  • She invoked the Sunday rule as soon as he returned from the skateboard park, and a family outing was launched.  (source)
    invoked = cited as a reason to do something
  • When I woke up, Dede's voice was in my ear, invoking the Lord's name.  (source)
    invoking = citing
  • Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other.  (source)
    invokes = calls upon
  • But all in vain; the indignant gale howls louder; then, with one hand raised invokingly to God, with the other they not unreluctantly lay hold of Jonah.†  (source)
  • They did not invoke in me thoughts of God, or sailing before the mast, or some great love as crowded night skies at home had done; I thought instead, in the light of those cold points, of the decision facing me.  (source)
    invoke = bring forth
  • Once in a while I've found sticks of incense, and candles too, as if Laura were being invoked.  (source)
    invoked = called upon with magical power
  • "No one tried to keep Tom imprisoned in Bombay," I say, invoking my brother's name as a last resort.  (source)
    invoking = calling to mind
  • Some of us have found it interesting that many of the connections he invokes are dead.†  (source)
    invokes = calls upon
  • But we intend to call several of the law enforcement officers present in the courtroom, and I would like to invoke the rule of sequestration.  (source)
    invoke = call upon to use
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