evocative
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Beatty’s lyrics are filled with strong images and evocative phrases — the paint chipping off a “white picket dream” in the new album’s “Fleur de Lis,” for instance.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026
She has channeled that into art, writing the evocative and hilarious tween comedy PEN15.
From Slate • Jun. 23, 2026
Mr. Mintzker’s most evocative confrontation is with his own story.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
“That a name evocative of Disneyland has been applied to a depopulated, decimated swath of Ukrainian coal-and-steel country could appear jarring as Europe’s deadliest fighting since World War II continues to rage,” they wrote.
From Salon • Apr. 30, 2026
I did think, however, that the symbolism of the rat and squirrel or rat-squirrel or squirrel-rat was evocative and rather excellent.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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"Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell
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