as in eliciting
to draw out (something hidden, latent, or reserved)
the old family photographs we found in the attic evoked a wealth of warm memories
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Recent Examples of evoking
When the focus shifts to Nate and Cassie, now engaged and living in a McMansion, the visuals are highly stylized, evoking the maximalist design of previous seasons.
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Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026
Other times, the camera pans slowly, its drifting movements evoking the associative efforts to make sense of long-ago events.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
Washington, in turn, was desperate to avoid a humiliation evoking memories of the botched US attempt to rescue 53 embassy staff held hostage by Iran in 1980.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 11 Apr. 2026
The live music is an integral part of the play in setting the scene, with thunderous giant drums evoking thunder or, when played more softly, gently falling snow.
—ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
The father stretches out his arms, Jesus-like, evoking the Last Supper, and the mother holds a toddler on her lap, face forward, the way the Madonna might present the Christ child.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026
Like many abstract artists before her, Colón, who was born in Canada to a Puerto Rican father and now lives in Los Angeles, is enamored of picturing the world in its most fundamental form, and maybe even evoking something like the universal.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
One is filmed in black and white and shown chronologically, evoking classic noir.
—ArsTechnica, 6 Apr. 2026
But isn’t evoking big themes, even obliquely, a worthy job for art to do?
—Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026
Other times, the camera pans slowly, its drifting movements evoking the associative efforts to make sense of long-ago events.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
Washington, in turn, was desperate to avoid a humiliation evoking memories of the botched US attempt to rescue 53 embassy staff held hostage by Iran in 1980.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 11 Apr. 2026
The live music is an integral part of the play in setting the scene, with thunderous giant drums evoking thunder or, when played more softly, gently falling snow.
—ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
The father stretches out his arms, Jesus-like, evoking the Last Supper, and the mother holds a toddler on her lap, face forward, the way the Madonna might present the Christ child.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026
Like many abstract artists before her, Colón, who was born in Canada to a Puerto Rican father and now lives in Los Angeles, is enamored of picturing the world in its most fundamental form, and maybe even evoking something like the universal.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
One is filmed in black and white and shown chronologically, evoking classic noir.
—ArsTechnica, 6 Apr. 2026
But isn’t evoking big themes, even obliquely, a worthy job for art to do?
—Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evoking
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Warm wood and rattan are juxtaposed with exuberant patterns (think scalloped headboards), and swaths of mirror and brass, eliciting a glamorous but grounded ambiance.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Apr. 2026
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Trump has floated cuts of this magnitude, eliciting widespread pushback from various pockets of the space community.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2026
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In Aries, this visceral energy takes on a more impulsive, reactive vibe, inspiring the urge to act on a vision without fully seeing it through.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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From the wings came De Niro, inspiring cheers from the exhibitors.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Evoking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evoking. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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