Example Sentences

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“So they stopped using a lot of the codes, the triggers, the keywords that were eliciting the kinds of enforcement actions against them.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 8, 2021

Phrases like "Well, excuuuuuse me!" and "Naaaah!" became schoolyard mantras, and his concerts were eliciting rock-idol squeals.

From Time Magazine Archive

She was talking rapidly and her remarks were eliciting considerable laughter.

From Grace Harlowe's First Year at Overton College by Flower, Jessie Graham [pseud.]