Sentence examples for tried to invoke from inspiring English sources

Soon after, she said, she tried to invoke her right to cancel but was ignored.

He tried to invoke an escape hatch that would have allowed WPP to abandon the deal.

Ms. Chung and Mr. Condit tried to invoke these popular narratives to get what they wanted.

Throughout the campaign, she tried to invoke the word "trust" with regularity, but remained vague on issues and scant on public appearances that were not heavily orchestrated.

Cingular, hoping to acquire valuable cellular customers inexpensively, had tried to invoke a clause that would have allowed it to acquire WorldCom wireless accounts for $30 each.

No wonder LSE and Deutsche tried to invoke visions of happy European harmony with their talk of "a merger of equals".

"That was the emotion we were trying to invoke".

Rather than trying to invoke sympathy, we tried to show how the athletes are normal people but also extraordinary".

His opponents in parliament have said they will speed up the impeachment timetable unseating him in a couple of weeks—if he tries to invoke emergency powers.

Mr. Mohammed did not indicate why he wore a camouflage vest, but his wardrobe choice suggested that he might try to invoke protections reserved for soldiers.

It's that kind of inner spirit that sci-fi Americana, uploading folk memory on to our cinema screens, is ultimately trying to invoke.