Example Sentences

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Adams is a curious sort, a player Clarke cherishes but who has never evoked major support among the Tartan Army.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Abraham Lincoln, for instance, evoked a biblical passage to frame the preamble’s emphasis on equality as a foundational American concept.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The team also used pattern visual evoked potentials – a painless test that measured how well signals travelled from the retina to the visual cortex.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

LVMH, which like other luxury groups has suffered in recent years from the slowdown in growth in China, evoked positive trends there as well as in the United States.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

That had evoked in Bigger a sense of his worth almost as keen as that which Max had roused in him during the long talk that night.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright