Examples of evocation in a Sentence

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Recent Examples on the Web Behind the design: Early discussions and image exchanges with Torzo revolved around the photographer Luigi Ghirri’s distinctive approach to light and evocation of memory. — Amy Verner, Vogue, 23 June 2022 That film was lyrical and impressionistic, drawing comparisons to Terrence Malick in its evocation of a troubled childhood in the blazing heat of a rural landscape. — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 June 2022 And so many of his ideas are inspired, like adding the forlorn country lilt of an accordionist (Veli Kujala) to the scene in which Hamlet corrals a traveling troupe of actors to put on an evocation of his father’s murder. — New York Times, 15 May 2022 But Donatello’s evocation of youth, restrained force, grace and hedonistic beauty all spoke to a new vision of the sovereign human figure occupying a central place in the world. — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 13 May 2022 Zelenskyy, who is Jewish, found a more mixed reception in the Israeli Knesset, where his evocation of the actions of Nazi Germany drew criticism from some lawmakers and the media. — Byguy Davies, ABC News, 30 Apr. 2022 And the evocation of memories of a supposedly glorious colonial past in Algeria. — New York Times, 19 Mar. 2022 Essayist Phil Christman introduces his new collection of essays, How to Be Normal, with an evocation of the malaise-ridden DIY mood. — Chris Lehmann, The New Republic, 3 Mar. 2022 Yet the structural elegance of the painting does not detract from its evocation of a furtive and graceful animal in action on a glistening winter night. — Sanford Schwartz, The New York Review of Books, 14 May 2020 See More

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