evoke
verb (used with object)
to call up or produce (memories, feelings, etc.).
evoked
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past participleof evoke.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof evoke.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
evokeverb (used with object)to call up or produce (memories, feelings, etc.).
Example Sentences
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The government also evoked for the first time Wednesday the potential of a full privatisation of TAP, in exchange for a stake in Lufthansa.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
That response evoked for me Gertrude’s remark in “Hamlet” that “The lady doth protest too much, methinks,” but so be it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
The extraordinary climax at Lahinch last Sunday, where GB&I won with the last putt of the match, evoked memories of the past three Solheim Cups staged in Europe.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Sam Sacks writes that Mr. Lee’s novel has “wonderfully evoked the unmatched urgency of this period of childhood” when every challenge “feels like a matter of life and death.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
There were hints of much worse things around us now like a faint odor in the air, evoked by words like “plasma” and “psycho” and “sulfa,” strange words like that with endings like Latin nouns.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
