as in elicits
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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His background as an actor in such deviant films as Mysterious Skin, Funny Games, and Melancholia surfaces in how The Brutalist evokes an apocalyptic worldview.
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Armond White, National Review, 3 Jan. 2025
At the same time, each movement evokes the fear and despair and endurance that defined his experience as a prisoner.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2024
Behind the range, the white zigzagging veining on the black granite playfully evokes a shark fin or the tail fin of a Jet Age land cruiser like a 1959 Cadillac.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2024
Based on Fujii’s desire to create something that evokes a sense of nature, Yamada meticulously crafted the set down to the smallest details, including the texture of the soil and the small objects inside the garage.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 27 Dec. 2024
The first lady’s holiday style is one that evokes tradition with a playful contemporary twist.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 23 Dec. 2024
The basic outlines of Stoker's plot remain, but Eggers has also infused his film with a visual language that evokes both Murnau's distinctive German expressionism and the Eastern European folklore that inspired Stoker.
—Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
The book’s long-story-by-the-fire quality, combined with its fairy-tale deployment of castles, unfair punishments, and the thrumming, powerful natural world, evokes the most affecting children’s literature.
—Amanda Parrish Morgan, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2024
The expansion of English naturally evokes angst and opposition.
—Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Armond White, National Review, 3 Jan. 2025
At the same time, each movement evokes the fear and despair and endurance that defined his experience as a prisoner.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2024
Behind the range, the white zigzagging veining on the black granite playfully evokes a shark fin or the tail fin of a Jet Age land cruiser like a 1959 Cadillac.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2024
Based on Fujii’s desire to create something that evokes a sense of nature, Yamada meticulously crafted the set down to the smallest details, including the texture of the soil and the small objects inside the garage.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 27 Dec. 2024
The first lady’s holiday style is one that evokes tradition with a playful contemporary twist.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 23 Dec. 2024
The basic outlines of Stoker's plot remain, but Eggers has also infused his film with a visual language that evokes both Murnau's distinctive German expressionism and the Eastern European folklore that inspired Stoker.
—Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
The book’s long-story-by-the-fire quality, combined with its fairy-tale deployment of castles, unfair punishments, and the thrumming, powerful natural world, evokes the most affecting children’s literature.
—Amanda Parrish Morgan, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2024
The expansion of English naturally evokes angst and opposition.
—Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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