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evocative
adjective as in suggestive
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Example Sentences
To me, that’s evocative of what abolition means; it’s the capacity to exist together, and to break apart the rigid ways that we contain and police ourselves.
It was an "unacceptable breach of policy," the university held, to cite scholar Jake Silver's evocative writings about the practice of astronomy in Gaza.
But the soundtrack is also its own evocative work of intoxicating techno-brood, one that could be piped from your car speakers to readily turn any routine neighborhood errand into a suddenly ominous excursion.
In the Guardian, Mangan said its technical accomplishments "are matched by an array of award-worthy performances and a script that manages to be intensely naturalistic and hugely evocative at the same time".
In Nyoni’s terrific compositions, special mention must be made of David Gallego’s crisply evocative cinematography: interiors and exteriors of moonlit, shadowy depth that suggest an eternal night made palatable by pockets of haunting light.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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