summoning

IPA: sˈʌmʌnɪŋ

Examples of "summoning" in Sentences

He told the inquest of his frustration at the delays in summoning help.
Breath itself is melodramatized in summoning the so-called verb of being.
London Underground customer services assistant tells of frustration at delays in summoning help after blast between Russell Square and King's Cross
At its best, this fetishistic attention to period accuracy succeeds in summoning an alien world in which characters move, fidget, and even kiss differently.
Faiz Patel, one of the first to descend to the Piccadilly line platform, told the inquest of his frustration at the delays in summoning help for injured passengers.
But the Wayne, Pa., resident with the flashy volleys has taken a late-is-better-than-never approach in summoning the internal reserves it takes to go deep into a major.
It has occurred to me many times since this past Monday morning, since I got the phone call summoning me to the doctor's office to discuss what I knew would be bad news, that I might have been better off had I never taken any of those prenatal-got-a-healthy-baby? tests that seemed so compelling back when I was convinced that a perfectly healthy baby was a sure thing in this pregnancy.