Example Sentences

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The official also cited concerns from Gentile that prosecutors had elicited false testimony.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2025

Once investigators learned about the confession in 2017, they interviewed the Libyan official who had elicited it, leading to charges.

From New York Times • Dec. 11, 2022

But it had begun to validate the excitement Brown had elicited in camp in 2021 before knee soreness landed him on injured reserve at the start of the season.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2022

No USC coach since Pete Carroll had elicited such unabashed affection.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2021

It appreciated fully the chain of national circumstances which had elicited this tribute from Montenegro's warm little heart.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald