Sentence examples for i invoked from inspiring English sources
"That's the clause I invoked".
For years I invoked the 20-minutes-a-night reading rule, which was particularly torturous to enforce in the summer.
Someone sought to convince me that cockpilot was an old Suffolk word for a goldcrest – I invoked Roger's Profanisaurus, and requested more evidence.
In a meeting in Rabin's office, I invoked historical examples from different wars when armies had suspended fighting for the holidays, and suggested that as a Christmas gesture Israel should allow Red Cross doctors to visit the deportees.
If I invoked the Insurrection Act against her wishes, the world would see a male Republican president usurping the authority of a female Democratic governor by declaring an insurrection in a largely African American city.
Worries about liberal sensibilities, apparently: If I invoked the Insurrection Act against [Governor Kathleen Blanco's] wishes, the world would see a male Republican president usurping the authority of a female Democratic governor by declaring an insurrection in a largely African-American city.
See How do I invoke Ptolemy II?
And I invoke my right to be balky.
See also 4.1 How do I invoke Ptolemy II?
For each book I invoke a sort of patron saint.
