evoke
verb (used with object)
to call up or produce (memories, feelings, etc.).
was evoking
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past progressiveof evoke.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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I had no idea what flavor the Cosmic Vibe one was evoking, beyond “red very sweet,” but by the time I’d finished it, I couldn’t have cared less.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
“I knew that really what I was evoking with the Pachuco was one of the gods of the Aztec pantheon,” Valdez explains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2023
In an interview, Ross said she “knew that the text was evoking a very specific sort of confrontation between audience and performer.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2021
Once, I audibly gasped at how the cropping shape I’d applied to a photo of Jessica Chastain aligned so nicely with the mood she was evoking.
From Slate ● Dec. 13, 2018
Loring was gazing steadfastly at the blank, heavy face, so utterly devoid of the enthusiasm the man was evoking in others.
From The Grafters by Francis Lynde
