How To Use Evoke In A Sentence

Now the word "prayer" to non-Muslim readers will evoke an image of people perhaps silently clasping their hands together, leaning forward in a pew, and either silently, to themselves, or in a quiet tone, speaking heartfeltly to God. David Horowitz Freedom Center
I think that while full-on female displays will evoke an easy and instinctual hormone rush -- which, as I said, might be a good complement to a melee brawl -- most intelligent people will agree that some sort of subtlety in sexuality is appealing on more levels simultaneously. Archive 2008-02-01
With names such as Codex Sinaiticus, the Macregol Gospels and the Valenciennes Apocalypse, they evoke lost empires and ancient monasteries as surely as archaeopteryx and ceratosaurus conjure up primeval swamps and forests. GetReligion
And we buck intreat as good as designate a saied Thomas Russell esquier as good as Frauncis Collins gent. to be overseers hereof, as good as buck revoke all former wills, as good as publishe this to be my final will as good as testament. Archive 2009-11-01
I would revoke all building codes other than those where a failure of a building can affect neighboring properties: requirements for fire-retardant materials in roofing materials, or inspections to assure the structural integrity of a building taller than its distance from the property line are the sorts of things that come immediately to mind. The Volokh Conspiracy » Does the Supposedly Superior Expertise of Regulators Justify Libertarian Paternalism?

He was back in jail last night after his probation licence was revoked. The Sun
Over the years, charted by his self-portraits, Rembrandt evokes varying aspects of character and the process of ageing itself.
Toledo'sdistinctive twisted streets and covered passageways evoke thecity's golden years as part of the Arab Empire.
Dio Cassius can scarcely be mistaken when he says that Tyre and Sidon were "enslaved" -- i.e. deprived of freedom -- by Augustus, [14477] who must certainly have revoked the privilege originally granted by Pompey. History of Phoenicia
Although Mr. Smith didn't fully solo until this last tune, throughout the set his polyrhythmic drumming evoked a movie with four subplots going at once, all of which, I'd be willing to wager, are better than the latest Harry Potter movie, even in 3D. The Sound Way Down in the Underground
Cui Jie's dystopian scene from 2011, "Bar," also evokes the painterly eeriness of German artists Gerhard Richter and Neo Rauch. China's Rising Art Stars
The fragrance evoked an aroma of fruits and flowers so ripe, they are starting to decay, reminding us of Thanatos, which is forever inseparable from Eros. Archive 2007-07-01
The term showed up in a news release this week announcing the Motorola Evoke, a phone that will launch this spring. CTIA: Cell phones get more social
Transforming the press account, Kelly's own narrative further compresses Kastriot's story of miraculous survival into three stanzas and a shorter envoi which are intended to evoke the traditional folk ballad.
The opening tune "Music in the Glen" features a funky clavinet riff on the third parts that evokes Stevie Wonder more than anything Irish. The Bothy Band
The Bush doctrine is being evoked as a template for conflict resolution worldwide.
In this painting, the harmony of rich tones evokes a sense of the marital relationship it depicts. Times, Sunday Times
The parole officer would then be in a position to immediately suspend the long-term supervision order, or in the case of a parolee, revoke the parole.
Whether in a cup or a cone - single or double dip - and sprinkled with chocolate or rainbow jimmies, ice cream evokes happy memories.
Roast suckling pig might evoke the same lip-smacking if it wasn't such a chintzy portion.
The description of the cultural and physical coarsening which the circumstances evoke is masterly. Nobel Prize in Literature 1991 - Press Release
Symbols that evoke the past of the Highlands include the system of clan tartans and bagpipes.
At nerve terminals, stimulus-evoked calcium entry triggers transmitter release through rapid, regulated exocytosis of readily releasable synaptic vesicles.
When news was presented in a sensational form, it certainly evokes simplistic responses.
Hardly a day goes by without a snippet to evoke the ghost of negative equity that followed the 1990s crash.
I know by now you've seen the notice by the guy claiming to "revoke" the GPL license on his code, because I'm getting email about it. GNU GPL: It's Irrevocable
The Tullio phenomenon represents vestibular symptoms and/or eye movements evoked by a sound stimulus.
revoke" -- the literary act after which, if he does it on purpose, you must not play with a man -- is speaking of authors and books which he has not read and cannot read in the original, while he leaves you ignorant of his ignorance. Matthew Arnold
The music certainly evokes his sense of wonder at teeming natural worlds observed for the first time. Times, Sunday Times
He was back in jail last night after his probation licence was revoked. The Sun
The planned rise in employers' national insurance contributions has been partly revoked. Times, Sunday Times
Greaves achieves considerable intensity on this tiny scale through his mastery of infinitely subtle tonal gradations, often in black and brown or gray hues that evoke the palette of old photographs.
The respondents accept that the authority of an agent may be revoked by express notice given by the principal to the agent.
The nature and behavior of these proboscideans have also haunted South African naturalist Lyall Watson, who evokes their world in Elephantoms: Tracking the Elephant (W. W. Norton).
She borrows it from the animal world and evokes or invokes it on the subject of procreation.
To the average western man, who has an aversion to what he considers unsportsmanlike conduct, merely the mention of the word sniper evokes an image of an evil little foreign man sneaking through the jungles of Okinawa picking off the good guys, or of a merciless Viet Cong hiding in a tree waiting for the opportunity to kill a 19-year-old GI from Des Moines or Wichita as he walks patrol at Nha Trang. ONE SHOT-ONE KILL
They evoke dissonant narratives of colonial history.
Only the clean lines of the stage design serve to evoke the starkness of the northern landscape.
As none other, he could evoke Japan of the eventful interwar period.
Presented by a large cast of colourful characters, The Quare Fellow paints a portrait of life inside an Irish prison, in which songs, humour and compassion evoke the banter between inmates and wardens.
He created a spare, white-daubed, timber-framed presentation that evokes a pagan feeling, yet is modern in offering immediate access to the text. A British Monarch Crosses the Atlantic
WHY their right to residency or asylum is not revoked the moment they are convicted. The Sun
The human landscape so lovingly evoked by Leigh Fermor, Lawrence Durrell and others is now a wistful memory.
Roast suckling pig might evoke the same lip-smacking if it wasn't such a chintzy portion.
The group said it had collected 3,000 signatures on a petition calling for the hunter's licence to be revoked. Times, Sunday Times
This evoked from Augustine the sad observation that there are crooks in every profession.
The intention was to evoke an unreal elsewhere, an imaginary place both freaky and familiar.
A longing for home, and the memories evoked by the past, were no longer seen as detrimental to mental wellbeing. Times, Sunday Times
The camera loves the luminous actress, whose elfish eyes and Titian hair evoke the spark beneath her calm exterior.
Stress related factors might also influence interpretations of abuse, and evoke different responses in the victims of abuse.
The Oresteian mythical overlay is the vehicle for that consciousness, one that Aue himself evokes. Furies
She explains the origin of influential ancient scripts, such as Uncial and Insular Majuscule, magical terms that evoke the scent of candlewax and of sulfurous disputes over the proper date of Easter. Handwriting Is on the Wall
Chronic paroxysmal hemicrania or cluster headache attacks are never evoked by tactile stimuli.
Under the plans, novice riders will have to sit a theory test and their licence will be revoked if they collect six penalty points. Times, Sunday Times
If it does, revoke, O student, your shrill _eheu_ for the Greekless and untrousered savage of the canoe, suppress your feelings, and go steadily into rhabdomancy with several divining-rods, in search of the Pierian spring which must surely exist somewhere among the guttural districts of the Ojibbeway tongue. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861
He is being held on suspicion of traveling with an invalid passport, but Bosnitch said Fischer was never notified by the U.S. government that his passport was revoked.
Her comment evoked protests from the shocked listeners.
Second, we must revoke it - that is, unsay or cancel it.
The music certainly evokes his sense of wonder at teeming natural worlds observed for the first time. Times, Sunday Times
This work establishes the concept of freedom as the principal motif of his ensuing works and evokes questions regarding differences between writing and orality as racial and cultural markers.
No mere endpapers, they continue, in their unwrittenness, to evoke the narrator's traumatized mind. The Times Literary Supplement
A will is revoked by the subsequent marriage of the testator.
Above this ensemble, on the wall against which it is set, hangs a grid of 25 square encaustic paintings, monochrome abstractions that evoke the night sky.
Maybe every right-wing homophobe is merely doing it to “evoke outrage” and “point out hypocrisy”? Matthew Yglesias » Stay Classy, Conservative Blogosphere
They are gruesome and evoke fear in the minds of their devotees; not love.
this remark evoked sadness
Being alone in the office with her boss evoked the scene with the father and the sense of enigmatic, inexplicable menace. Times, Sunday Times
The license is also revoked if the licensee makes a patent claim against another licensee over the code covered by the license.
I received death threats, there were protests and there were calls for my citizenship to be revoked. Times, Sunday Times
There are architects in our time, however, who evoke healing experiences of time.
The Sincan High Criminal Court has revoked the "nonsuit" decision of the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on the criminal complaint about the phones of Ömer Faruk Eminağaoğlu being tapped. Hurriyet Dailynews
Long, irregular phrases evoke a kind of story-telling, and the use of multiple violas creates a panorama of shifting perspectives.
It is they which evoke remembrances of a lost war and exiled dynasty, a failed republic, a terrorist dictatorship, and horrendous devastation in the wake of still another lost war, and, finally, the trauma of a divided city.
While some tunes might suggest the hanging of the ten, others evoke sombrero-sporting mariachis and pompadoured teds, Martinis in the Boom-Boom Room or riding shotgun with Squinty Clint.
His visa was revoked following a public campaign against him. The Sun
The choreography evokes the ladies' specialties, their lethally polite rivalry, and, most important, the filigreed yet dazzling nature of Romantic-era technique.
That word evokes the mental image of a guy in the bushes outside some girl's house, with his camera and telescopic lens - which isn't at all what I'm talking about.
The pictures had been chosen because they evoked emotion. Times, Sunday Times
A person's membership may be revoked for cause, other than nonpayment of dues, by a two-thirds vote by ballot of the Board of Directors.
Toledo'sdistinctive twisted streets and covered passageways evoke thecity's golden years as part of the Arab Empire.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs may authorize other agencies to revoke or invalidate a visa.
Esther Kläs's engaging, unpretentiously reductive sculpture evokes the postwar, semiabstracted, universalist figures of Reg Butler, Germaine Richier and Kenneth Armitage. Abstracts (Subtle or Semi) And Bold Dimensions
To "revoke" a device we just leave off the copy of the media key encrypted with his secret key! Doom9's Forum
Less easily quantified will be the emotions evoked by the memory of Persian Punch, who won 20 races in his career, the last of them on the Heath exactly a year ago.
The sense of time lapse is disconcerting, seemingly reliant on the drama evoked by the size of the projected images rather than the impact of the work itself.
Serbia's nationalist Prime Minister, Vojislav Kostunica, called on the U.S. to revoke its decision to recognize "the fake state of Kosovo" and allow the U.N. Security Council to "reaffirm" Kosovo as part of Serbian territory. Kosovo: Independence or an international chess game of interests?
Overall, this disc is so much fun and evokes so much emotion and includes so much talent and thought, it is a must have indie release for fans of newer radio rock and the underground scene alike.
I call a revoke, Dal; you trumped spades on the second round. When a Man Marries
His abilities as an advocate evoked general admiration, though he did not succeed in baffling the prosecution.
DAVID EDELSTEIN: In Christopher Nolan's "Inception," Leonardo DiCaprio plays Dom Cobb, whose name sounds like it should evoke something a colleague suggests dummkopf, but I dont think that's the intention. 'Inception' A Masterpiece? Only In Someone's Dream
The book has evoked responses from people living with brain damage and members of the medical profession as well as those who've read it as a family story.
Its immunodiagnosis and immunoprophylaxis evokes much attention of scholar in domestic and abroad.
Crucially, he was not put on the no-fly list and his visa was not revoked. Times, Sunday Times
His chronicle evokes in all its wooliness the storied past and indestructible spirit of a crucial American subculture, when folks on the stroll "worked all week, and Saturday night was their night to howl. On the Midnight Special
Once inside the building, both Evoke and Max could feel the spirits and wraiths, but Evoke could feel the more powerful ones.
The photos - which have fuelled rumours that she was given special treatment - could lead to her residency status being revoked. The Sun
Fortunately, the meandering is often redeemed by Sittenfeld’s ability to evoke surprising details and fresh perspectives. Finds and flops
Settling in his chair, Richard inwardly frowned and struggled to shake off the premonition Seamus's opening paragraph had evoked. SCANDAL'S BRIDE
Finzi" can well evoke finzione, "a made-up story," and is very near to finto, "fake," of which the plural is finti. Bassani's Father
When it looks up at the stars, then closes its eyes, shutting itself off from its surroundings, it evokes in the viewer a longing for the infinite.
For most people, few things evoke fear like the image of a great white shark.
It evoked a huge and apparently permanent armament industry, now wholly dependent... on government contracts.
Heterogeneous elements, taken from all the religions of the Orient, were combined in the uranography of the ancients, and in the power ascribed to the phantoms that it evoked, vibrates in the indistinct echo of ancient devotions that are often completely unknown to us. [ The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism
And even he, once or twice, coming down from a five-minute levitation, had evoked a soft grunt from the stage floor. C B GREENFIELD - A LITTLE MADNESS
Prior to the transfer of rights to the gift property, the donor may revoke the gift.
Years later it evokes exactly what we were thinking and feeling at the time.
Some of the plot contrivances evoke memories of his character in The Truman Show, but the actor avoids the temptation to merely present a retread, turning in arguably his finest portrayal to date.
Wild rice, more than corn, brown rice, or oats, evokes a mood and a feeling.
The steppe was a vast plain that shone with ponds and corkscrew rivers and evoked a wistful sadness. Wolves Eat Dogs
Abbott's writing style evokes unease from the start, which makes for a tense and intriguing read. Panic: Summary and book reviews of Panic by Jeff Abbott.
Music is a very powerful medium which evokes various feelings and emotions. Working with Teenagers
The ring's low height and shiny blackness suggest an experimental apparatus, but also evoke old-style fireplace fenders or circular railings in museums.
Unlike the work of these Constructivists, however, Gummer's forms evoke motion, like the lines of three in Futurist paintings.
It is an example of what Mr. Pärt calls tintinnabulation, a slow, introspective style, with the strings playing in a high register, that often evokes the pealing of bells. NYT > Home Page
The doctors said that if any response was evoked it was among a few middle aged and elderly patients who were already highly motivated to modify their drinking behaviour.
Dr. Abou El Fadl looked, by the way, nothing like the image evoked by "Egyptian dissident," being kind of hunched over, diffident, mumbly, and short. Kenneth Hite's Journal
He appears in the cartulary of the Holy Trinity, Aldgate, as an alderman in 1249 and 1250, was associated with the parish of St John, Walbrook and had an estate in Bishopsgate.3 But little is known of his origins; indeed, his mysterious background evokes Bedes comparison of the passage of a mans life with the flight of a single sparrow through a chieftains banqueting hall. Bedlam
This third march evokes the humor of Haydn, with many funny percussive rhythmic effects in a call and response format between secondo and primo, which Ms. Crawford performed superciliously.
His works enchant, bewitch, stimulate and evoke; in the face of them, some people laugh with joy, still others weep as they've never allowed themselves to.
Objective To determine the correlation between the changes of visual evoked potential(VEP)and the concentration of blood methanol in patients suffered from acute methylismus.
Concrete public housing projects evoke their counterparts elsewhere and shanty towns exist on the urban periphery.
Empathy and unapologetic emotion are her trademarks, evoked by a big voice that can rumble with lust or scream with self-hatred.
At that moment, the cudgelling, multiplied by a hundred hands, became zealous, blows with the flat of the sword were mingled with it, it was a perfect storm of whips and clubs; the convicts bent before it, a hideous obedience was evoked by the torture, and all held their peace, darting glances like chained wolves. Les Miserables
All of God's creation, animate and inanimate, reflected God's generosity toward his creatures and evoked an outpouring of praise and thanks.
With a poetic twist on artistic unity, this film evokes the thought that we are subject to a very similar imprisonment, even in the comfort of our own culture.
If they are a British citizen we would have to accept that as the price for having a high standard of proof, but if they are a visitor - with a revocable claim to be here - we should be able to revoke that claim.
Turning to painting in 1907, Feininger began to experiment with formal qualities, namely perspective, while infusing his genre scenes with the same intangible whimsicality evoked in his commercial work dating back to the turn of the century. Alexander Adler: Lyonel Feininger: At The Edge of The World
A worthy dish, which can embody the sort of rusticity which the word ‘peasant’ evokes, but can also exhibit the kind of refinement associated with bourgeoise cookery.
Other live chariot races have been staged over the years but none has evoked the same sense of danger and excitement. Times, Sunday Times
The oil on canvas of The Knitting Lesson evokes similar sentiments of simple joys, maternal protection, guidance and love.
Her bending body evoked wordless memories of love and life, her supple arms gave meaning to nameless emotions, and her springing legs bore testament to perfection.
The group said it had collected 3,000 signatures on a petition calling for the hunter's licence to be revoked. Times, Sunday Times
Either mechanical tapping or electrical stimulation of the supraorbital regions may evoke the blink reflex.
Rules banning divorced people from remarrying in church were revoked yesterday by the Church of England.
The steam locomotive evokes nostalgic memories of a bygone era with its glory and old age charm.
Ms. Dirks and several fellow members of the Handweavers Guild of Boulder are setting out to boost acceptance of dog hair—or, as they prefer to call it, chiengora, a term built around the French word for dog that also evokes the luxurious feel of angora. In This Yarn With a Tail, Our Heroes Thirst for Hair of the Dog
The present work not only bears an interesting subject, but the artist also dexterously evokes the childhood memories of the viewer.
These prophets relied upon the presence of a certain motivity, from which a definite response could be evoked by an appeal which they were peculiarly able to make; but though "they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening oblation," there was none that regarded. The Approach to Philosophy
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment. Marcus Aurelius
The writer evokes a nightmare vision of a future on a polluted planet.
Clinical services available within the Division include orthoptics, aphakic contact lenses, electroretinography, visual evoked potential, ultrasonography, non-invasive functional visual testing, and complete ocular photography. Ophthalmology Fellowship
The presence of this entity signifies intense levels of ultramundane energies and dimensional rifts and when detected evokes the joyfully horrific.
While he does have two daughters and three stepsons, the decades-old photograph evokes a stage of fathering that is out of date.
Electrical stimulation of the supraorbital nerve in the supraorbital foramen was used to evoke the blink reflex.
The problem is that a revoked visa does not take effect until after the person leaves the United States.
Here, raised-panel cabinets crafted of knotty pine evoke the old-world charm of French country kitchens.
What do the tales of Abdelrahman Salahadin's several different slaveries and "drownings" mean or evoke? Crescent by Diana Abu-Jaber: Questions
Invitations to meditate, his vast colour-soaked canvases are memorable for the sensations evoked in the viewer rather than for their imagery.
As she traces her own journey from girlhood to womanhood in Calcutta, she evokes the intimate experiences of food and ritual that structure women's everyday life in Bengal.
It evokes a melancholy nostalgia that is hard to capture. The Sun
Foods: The term virgin evokes purity, cleanliness, white. O Antiphons
Her face, though sad, still evoked a feeling of serenity.
The setmqaut command then grants or revokes authority on the object definition.
His death evoked widespread regret and shock amongst his many friends and acquaintances.
Every move is exact, precise, has purpose, shows rather than alludes, directs rather than suggests, shapes rather than evokes.
Such a scenario would evoke the end of the last big property boom in the early 1990s, when housing prices crashed.
They say appreciation of this instrument is an acquired taste, but I can feel it and I know it is the same feeling that calliopes evoked in me long before I had even heard of uillean pipes. OpEdNews - Diary: Something in a Name
These wooden cabins evoke a rustic connection with American history and the beautiful natural environment.
The photographs on display here together present a contemporary vision of the world; they evoke the beliefs and the traditions of mankind, as well as the landscapes they portray.
What the terms do not evoke is the roistering figure of Pancho Villa, who would be as out of place among a group of spike-helmeted Prussian militarists, as Jesse Jackson at an Aryan Nations rally. Pancho Villa as a German Agent...
In a beautiful and affecting way, Shostakovich evokes the sounds of the Moonlight Sonata, the triplet arpeggios and the dotted rhythm of the main theme, without really quoting it.
His miraculous paintings have an undescribable moonlit quality that evokes both day and night, or a dream or memory.
A woman writer who evokes an intensely personal landscape still finds she is dismissed as slight, precious, trivial.
The way they look - first prettily adorned, then by the end tattered - evokes the resplendence of Cio-Cio-San the bride, then the degradation that engulfs her as she nears her inevitable, ruinous end. Screens evoke 'Butterfly' magic
That evoked a sunburst of shame inside my anger, but I went on regardless: `Holden, there is nothing English about lying down to die. ANTI-ICE
Since this came immediately after a question where Comey explained that only the President can fire a US atty in his capacity as US atty, that is presumable the â€œI donâ€™t believe I couldâ€ reference â€ he did not think he could fire a US atty, but could revoke the delegation. Firedoglake » Late Nite FDL: The Education of Blitzer Continues
There is another parallel with Angela's Ashes, but one that shows how much better this book is: the deaths of no fewer than three Fuller children, and the unappeasable pain of these losses, are evoked with a shattering lack of melodrama.
The artificial conflict between formalist art with its hermetic integrity and content art with its higher purpose of social change seems to be evoked.
The interaction assists both you and your client, since it evokes active participation in the imagination process from the client.
Treasured by kings, wise men and people of discriminating taste for millennia, the aroma of frankincense and myrrh evokes feelings of warmth, comfort, majesty, reverence and peace.
The independent counsel's unprecedented challenge to the presidency evoked the most feeble and cowardly response from these quarters.
The sovereign is the agent for the purpose of directing the united strength for the common benefit; but the sovereign is an agent of unlimited discretion, and with authority that cannot be revoked. Leviathan or Post-War Trends in Government and Business
Bush issued a rule at the end of his term intended to serve as a poison pill against using endangered species protections to regulate climate change; Obama has hinted he would repeal that "midnight rule," but he has yet to do so, despite congressional authority to revoke the Bush rules with the stroke of a pen. Edward Humes: Climate Change Decision in 11 Days: Ostrich or Hawk
He still evokes a spirit of the truly American virtue of gluttony, continuing to tip the scales at nearly 400 pounds, but the sports world has passed him by.
To admit belief would be to embarrass the dinner party and evoke pity and sad shakes of the head. Times, Sunday Times
The esplanade in front of Edinburgh Castle is legally owned by Nova Scotia, dating from a deal concluded by Charles I and never revoked.
Probably no other topic has evoked as much passion in discussions among military logisticians as the establishment of a single logistics branch or corps.
These paintings nostalgically evoke the closing frames of old films, with their scripted letterforms superimposed over technicolour backgrounds.
Although it is inarguable that practically every scene is designed to evoke a kind of patronising sympathy for the men, nothing either of them does seems designed to inspire any sense of respect.
Article 20 A testator may revoke or alter will he previously made.
Their videos evoked a glamorous existence, globetrotting around tropical locations; they were sharply dressed; they went out with supermodels; their lead singer had nearly drowned in a yacht race.
Likewise, a peek at a window framed by title bar and scroll bars is enough to evoke the sacraments of Mac.
A salmon-colored sweatshirt for men treated to look faded and nubby jackets were meant to evoke Los Angeles' laid-back, lived-in vibe. Resort Wear from Calvin Klein, Jason Wu and Marc by Marc Jacobs
With his passport revoked, he faced an exile from the ring whose cost was certain to be physical as well as financial. Times, Sunday Times
Oddly enough, in contrast to Mr Anonymous's (teeth achingly-patronising) suggestion that rebellion against Empire leads inevitably to children growing up in a meaningless, nihilistic world (the children! think of the children!), I'm quite happy to judge myself by the accumulated affection and/or scorn that I manage to evoke from the people that matter to me. THE HALLS OF PENTHEUS -- PART FOUR
Access is at all times probationary and can be denied, revoked or reviewed at any time for any reason.
The speckle noise is the inherent noise pattern evoked by the mechanism of ultrasound imaging. It brings great difficulties to the feature extraction, recognition and analysis.
It cannot be revoked, we are all mortal, and these all commanding gods and princes die like men: [3898] — involvit humile pariter et celsum caput, aquatque summis infima. Anatomy of Melancholy
In that interlunar twilight there reigned a solemn sense of wonder evoked here eternally, one felt, from the ancient time, with the rustling of stirred foliage and the voice of those far waters for its music. Apologia Diffidentis
Wells proves an excellent researcher, concerned not only to evoke the smell of the greasepaint and the roar of the crowd, but also to itemise and describe the fashion-driven merchandise of the day.
Even to evoke the term nowadays sounds, to many, a little dated, like referring to your wife as your "lady" or to a band as a "group. NYT > Global Home
(whose heightened gabbiness Solondz's films evoke, plus an acid drip), many will find the film's openly addressed ethical conundrum-Can you or should you forgive a selfish sibling or a thoughtless lover, much less a pedophile? In These Times
Clearly, these kinds of images of the miserable at play will evoke horror in the minds of every sane person.
He is still a priest although his right to officiate at Church sacraments was revoked by the Bishop of San Bernardino in 1994.
The distant modulation evokes the pastoral and, being thus an allusion, pleases those who recognise it.
In 2000 it was reported the Boy Scouts national office revoked the title afforded to Bill Clinton after thousands of complaints. Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
With its stepped projections and striations of garbage and wood, this baroque construction evoked a geological formation of layered rock and sediment.
Peaches evoke memories and bring out the best of summertime activities.
If it is corrected before the player who revoked plays to the next trick, the opponent who played after the revoke may retract one's card and substitute another.
Perhaps the cluttered and increasingly confusing maze of the hang is meant to evoke the complexities of Wonderland. Times, Sunday Times

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