Sentences with 'summon'
Example sentences and phrases with the word summon and other words derived from it.
• « This led the Scots to openly break with the king and form an army; to raise the money to fund an English response, Charles had to summon parliament. The result was civil war. »
• « The Federal Pact between provinces also provided that, until general peace was achieved, a Representative Commission would function in Santa Fe, made up of deputies from each of the signatory provinces. And this Commission could summon all the provinces to participate in a General Federative Congress, aimed at organising the national administration according to the federal form of government. »
• « "Because it often takes too long to summon up the courage to criticise someone face-to-face," warns Marsha Linehan, "many people link criticism with courage and make all-encompassing, judgmental judgements, rather than sticking to the specific, much smaller criticism they wanted to make. Separate the person from the fact in question, and try to understand what that fact is. »