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Combined with Reid’s invocative and spellbinding storytelling, she created written magic — a Fab Four just as captivating as the Beatles.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 19, 2022

She was waving her hand, softly, in a gesture invocative of caution; but her eyes smiled a welcome to him.

From The Lady Paramount by Harland, Henry

In classic plays they invoke “the gods”—in Catholic I ones, “the saints”—the stage Arab appeals to “Allah”—the light comedian swears “by the lord Harry”—but Mary Clifford adds a new and impressive invocative to the list.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 21, 1841 by Various

Del Fortis hesitated a moment,—then bowed low to the ground;—anon, lifting himself, raised one hand with an invocative gesture of profound solemnity.

From Temporal Power by Corelli, Marie

Marrineal ran over a number of other captions, sensational, personal, invocative, and always provocative: "Man, Why Hasn't Your Wife Divorced You?"

From Success A Novel by Adams, Samuel Hopkins