evocation

Example Sentences

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It is the novel’s desolate mood, finally, and Ms. McPherson’s evocation of a melancholy landscape that anchor both her plot and her heroine.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

More gripping is the author’s evocation of her ancestors’ tale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 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

That familiar, tantalizing evocation of intimacy in another place and time.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks