How to Use evocative in a Sentence

evocative

adjective

• He wrote a powerful and evocative biography.
• Each of the Clans is detailed in the book through dozens of pieces of evocative art.
  — Rob Wieland, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• Unusual flutes and the sounds of seashells added to the evocative sounds of Talokan.
  — Jon Burlingame, Variety, 11 Nov. 2022
• Diaz is thrilled about the evocative new spot right in the heart of the action.
  — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2024
• The purple cap is evocative of dreams and the vast reaches of space.
  — Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
• His mission was to preserve the evocative sounds that had caught his ear in the first place.
  — Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2022
• Scroll through, read some of the brand's evocative descriptions of their scents, and pick up the one that speaks to you.
  — Sarah Hoffmann, Allure, 28 Nov. 2022
• Bai made the evocative costumes out of netting, clay, and more.
  — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Feb. 2023
• On the whole, the home is a quietly evocative mishmash.
  — Camille Okhio, ELLE Decor, 29 Mar. 2023
• Joséphine wore a plain white gown evocative of a wedding dress.
  — Nathan Smith, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2023
• It’s all draped in an evocative sepia tone, more home-carved and burnished than late-night noir.
  — Noah Shachtman, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2023
• Janey’s vision of the beaten horse is just one of the text’s many evocative images of pain, which becomes the book’s great theme.
  — Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2022
• The evocative scene, a turning point for the character, is essential to the final film.
  — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2024
• The name is evocative of being connected to the sea while being firmly grounded and at one with the land.
  — Michaela Trimble, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2024
• The image is so evocative that Netflix has used it in the marketing for the final season.
  — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2023
• The video was evocative of the arrest of George Floyd in 2020 and officers’ failure to intervene.
  — Adrian Sainz, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Jan. 2023
• The Black cowboys photographed by Brian Branch-Price are so evocative of the mythology of this land.
  — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2022
• Cristobal Tapia de Veer’s evocative theme music was the final piece of the artistic puzzle.
  — Jon Burlingame, Variety, 19 Aug. 2023
• Both the pictures and the stories are evocative, even if the combinations may make more sense in Koebert’s mind than to the viewer’s eye.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
• The structured shoulders and mock-turtleneck collar are evocative of The Jetsons.
  — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 22 Feb. 2024
• New England is in the middle of mud season, an evocative name for the time of year when the sun melts the ice in the top layers of soil, leaving deeper layers still frozen.
  — Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Mar. 2023
• The evocative tale explores the clash between desire and identity.
  — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 30 Nov. 2023
• The languid, nostalgic song, evocative of 70s pop, had the audience swaying to and fro.
  — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 17 Nov. 2023
• Midnight black pasta, toothy and awash in garlic both tender and crisp make a dramatic and ocean-evocative plate with bright firm shrimp tossed in the mix.
  — Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Dec. 2022
• It’s also covered in tattoos, has a background in rap and rock, and a name more evocative of candy than cowboys.
  — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2023
• The moon’s new status has come with a parade of evocative names: super, blue, blood, sturgeon and strawberry.
  — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
• The word ‘delicatessen’ is so New York, and so evocative of cinema and a time period.
  — Kristen Bateman, ELLE, 17 Nov. 2022
• The sensual base is most evocative at night, but those musky notes and the fruity heart also pair excellently with open blue skies.
  — Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
• Wind blows in single, loopy strokes, and evocative facial expressions are conjured with but a few lines.
  — Kay Sohini, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
• The purpose: Practice packing a lot of info into a single, evocative word or phrase.
  — Mark Cruth, Quartz, 24 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024