evoke
verb (used with object)
to call up or produce (memories, feelings, etc.).
evoking
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present participleof evoke.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Launching their new partnership with Oxen, Hull City have released a very retro kit for the new campaign, evoking the shirts the Tigers wore during the late seventies.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
With its surging choruses and humorous arias and recitatives, to say nothing of its jazzy harmonies and dance rhythms, it possesses an irresistible satiric edge while still evoking American certitude amid Cold War challenges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
The novel unfolds like an oral storytelling tradition, driven by a voice that Sarris painstakingly crafted, evoking his conversation with McKay.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
Phil and the New York Philharmonic, sonically evoking the environmental difference between L.A. and New York.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
Seen from a car window they appear as fragments, evoking memories of woodchucks, badgers, skunks, voles, snakes, sometimes the mysterious wreckage of a deer.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
