Example Sentences

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Eliciting comedy from Steve Martin and Martin Short is usually a simple proposition: You just put the two of them together.

From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2021

Eliciting the right antibodies to disarm SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the current pandemic, is the goal of dozens of vaccine developers, several of which have already launched human trials in record time.

From Scientific American • May 28, 2020

Eliciting the simultaneous reaction of “I want to do that!” and “I could never do that!” is rare, and sneaky.

From Salon • Aug. 9, 2019

Eliciting perhaps the most critical response of the hearing so far, Daines asks Kelly if he will improve DHS staffing levels at the northern border, which he describes as dangerously understaffed.

From The Guardian • Jan. 10, 2017

Eliciting no reply from the fence post, Kent returned to the Eyrie, called up Hedgerow House, and declined Blair’s proposition.

From The Secret of Lonesome Cove by Adams, Samuel Hopkins