Sentences with invoke
in·voke
I i - The great magicians of old always invoked their gods with sacrifice. [VERB noun]
- The union invoked the dispute procedure
- Critics invoke the names of the Old Masters in praising Henson.
- Ian Verrender Our pollies love to invoke the Anzac spirit.
- To invoke an article of the U.N. Charter
- To invoke aid
- Can we still invoke Loo-Errn to rid us of the menacing gaze of a one-legged gull.
- Their preppy image and campus-based lyrics invoke connotations of rare privilege.
- The judge invoked an international law that protects refugees. [VERB noun]
- He invoked memories of Britain's near-disastrous disarmament in the 1930s. [VERB noun]
- It is easy to invoke fear of foreign control, but mere assertion should not decide asset ownership rights.
- Invoke is sometimes wrongly used where evoke is meant: this proposal evoked (not invoked) a strong reaction
- The music invoked the wide open spaces of the prairies. [VERB noun]
- After marriage, the man had anciently (but this was anterior to Christianity) the power of life and death over his wife. She could invoke no law against him; he was her sole tribunal and law.
- In certain Christian circles invoking the Bible constitutes irrefutable proof.
- This satanist ritual invokes Beelzebub.
- Blasphemy is taboo as it may invoke divine wrath.
- The envoy invoked the King of Kings's magnanimity to reduce his province's tribute after another draught.
- Interactive programs let the users enter choices and invoke the corresponding routines.
- To invoke God's mercy.
- To invoke the law; to invoke a veto.