evocation

Example Sentences

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Kpler, a stylized evocation of 17th-century German astronomer Johannes Kepler, was founded in 2014 by François Cazor and Jean Maynier, who had both previously worked in banking and trading.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Had “Traversal” been nothing but Ms. Popova’s retelling of these histories, it might have been a far more successful evocation of these patterns of destruction and creation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

You’re taking a promenade in a rose garden filled with thorns — forgive my “Bridgerton” evocation.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 6, 2026

But the series’ showrunners have won over viewers by presenting Derry as an evocation of supposedly simpler times.

From Salon • Dec. 8, 2025

“The Chief God’s purpose in the creative advance is the evocation of novel intensities. He is the lure for our feeling.”

From "Grendel" by John Gardner