evoke
verb (used with object)
to call up or produce (memories, feelings, etc.).
is evoking
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present progressiveof evoke (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The squeeze is evoking comparison to historic short squeezes in the past, including GameStop in 2021 and Volkswagen in 2008.
From Barron's ● Apr. 20, 2026
The video is "evoking heritage" which "is linking to the royal aspect", she adds.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2024
So far, Yellowjackets is evoking all of those same feelings for me that Lost did.
From The Verge ● Jan. 15, 2022
Growing anxiety over the virus is evoking memories of the ruling Communist Party’s slow response to the 2002 emergence of SARS, or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 28, 2020
But does any one suppose that in those realms of space God is evoking something out of nothing, or saying "be," and "there is"?
From Pantheism, Its Story and Significance Religions Ancient and Modern by J. Allanson Picton
