Sentence examples for as if summoning from inspiring English sources

Then Nancy said, "Listen," and hesitated, as if summoning nerve to make an outrageous remark.

He gestures with his hands, like a sorcerer, as if summoning some unseen music into existence.

After each step, Mr. Mandela paused as if summoning the energy required to climb the next.

Once in a while they even fix each other with death stares, as if summoning a voodoo curse.

While in midair, he appeared to conjure a woodwind triplet in the score, as if summoning the notes with a flourish of his hand.

Yet, at the end of the '60s, as if summoning the cooler feminist era, Webb evolved from a figural artist to an abstract one.

And your guests, loved and appreciated as they are, disappear at 10 as if summoned by Morpheus.

In a dimly lighted room, the shapes of hooded people occasionally appeared as if summoned by some higher power.

Wherever Ms. Bartsch goes, the demimonde seems to follow, as if summoned by the bat of her curlicued fake eyelashes.

Many of the top Australian Olympians secured poolside seating, as if summoned by the prime minister himself.

A vague image appears, as grainy as a newspaper photograph, as if summoned by the light itself.