Summoning

Examples

• I am very glad to have seen you, Lily continued, summoning a smile to her unsteady lips. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Summoning the cab of most promising appearance, he directed the driver to repair to Montague Place, Russell Square. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• It was no laughing matter with Estella now, nor was she summoning these remembrances from any shallow place. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Summoning Mary, I soon had the room in more cheerful order: I prepared him, likewise, a comfortable repast. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• And just as, summoning my courage, I was preparing to go down and do what, after all, I most wished to do in the world--viz. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• They demanded the summoning of a body roughly equivalent to the British parliament, the States General, which had not met since 1610. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• A glass of water,' said the humane Mr. Pickwick, summoning the landlady. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• My marriage was unhappy, said the lady, summoning courage at last; but yet---- She hesitated. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The sudden and joyous clash of bells here stopped the dialogue by summoning all to the church. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He shuddered and drew himself together; but, instantly summoning up his wonted resolution, he exclaimed, Who is there? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.

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