evocative
adjective
evoc·a·tive
i-ˈvä-kə-tiv 
: evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response
… settings … so evocative that they bring tears to the eyes …—
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evocatively
adverb
evocativeness
noun
Examples of evocative in a Sentence
He wrote a powerful and evocative biography.
the Italian-American restaurant is decorated in a manner evocative of the charming outdoor cafés in Italy
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Some of the game’s most evocative writing, blending cosmic horror with humanity’s loss of faith in itself, gets swallowed by that verbal density.
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Each year, more than 20 Bay Area artists create colorful and evocative designs for the 400-pound, 5-foot-tall heart sculptures that are eventually auctioned off with funds going to the Hospital Foundation.
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The black-and-white images of the 350 GT, Miura, and Countach being hand-built here—often at a rate of less than one car per day—are wonderfully evocative, but the assembly hall also looks dusty and disorganized.
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Held at the Shanghai Tianhou Palace, a historic Mazu temple along Suzhou Creek, the fair, curated by Rockbund Art Museum’s X Zhu-Nowell, took the form of an evocative exhibition of light installations designed by seven Chinese artists.
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 29 Jan. 2026
Each year, more than 20 Bay Area artists create colorful and evocative designs for the 400-pound, 5-foot-tall heart sculptures that are eventually auctioned off with funds going to the Hospital Foundation.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2026
The black-and-white images of the 350 GT, Miura, and Countach being hand-built here—often at a rate of less than one car per day—are wonderfully evocative, but the assembly hall also looks dusty and disorganized.
—Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 28 Jan. 2026
Held at the Shanghai Tianhou Palace, a historic Mazu temple along Suzhou Creek, the fair, curated by Rockbund Art Museum’s X Zhu-Nowell, took the form of an evocative exhibition of light installations designed by seven Chinese artists.
—Denni Hu, Footwear News, 23 Jan. 2026
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“Evocative.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evocative. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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evocative
adjective
evoc·a·tive
i-ˈväk-ət-iv
: having the power to evoke an especially emotional response
an evocative photograph
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