Examples of 'invoked' in a sentence

Meaning of "invoked"

Invoke means to call upon a higher power or deity for assistance, inspiration, or support. It can also refer to citing a law, rule, or precedent in a discussion or argument
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  • simple past tense and past participle of invoke

How to use "invoked" in a sentence

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It has been invoked three times in our history.
No considerations whatsoever can be invoked to justify terrorism.
Invoked directly or must they be transformed into.
No circumstance may be invoked to justify degrading an individual.
Invoked by the appellants in support of their appeals.
Diagnostics can be invoked in one of two ways.
He invoked your name with a measure of respect.
No exceptional circumstances may be invoked as a justification of torture.
Grounds invoked for declaring a state of emergency.
A deity also could be invoked from a distance.
He invoked his right to counsel and was denied.
The president has invoked executive privilege.
She invoked friendship to undercut the laugh.
Different have been invoked the gods help me.
Invoked the nymphs so they could see.

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It should also be invoked in the event of a bankruptcy.
However it does not seem that it is frequently invoked.
It may be invoked only by the injured party.
Inapplicability of general acts can always be invoked.
The exemption invoked is that of national security.
The provisions of collective security are being invoked selectively.
Some exceptions are invoked in a limited number of cases.
It is displayed whenever the authentication system is invoked.
My client invoked his right to remain silent.
A result of torture shall not be invoked in proceedings.
You have invoked me with regretful fortitude.
Religion was often erroneously invoked as a cause of division.
And it invoked a lot of reactions from people.
The procedure has been invoked on three occasions.
He is invoked for protection of crops from pests.
He is a patron saint invoked against eye trouble.
It was invoked or alluded to but never enforced as such.
Temporary kapus were invoked for a period of days.
He is invoked at the start of any new undertaking.
This oxidation state is invoked in borylation reactions.
Services allowing spatial data services to be invoked.
Our sons have invoked their rights.
Can human rights instruments be directly invoked.
Tis the name invoked during creation.
The notion of delay had not been invoked.
It is supposed to be invoked in reaction to exceptional market conditions.
Photographs of people with the spirits invoked.
Miranda had invoked our code phrase.
For which no extenuating circumstance can be invoked.
I once invoked the fifth with a feller.
Command to run when the binding is invoked.
He is also invoked to help find lost objects.
The GtkTextIter at which the completion was invoked.
This may be invoked before the court.
The order in which remedies may be invoked.

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