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evoke

[ih-vohk] / ɪˈvoʊk /


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Emerson often tailors his tone to evoke what it feels like to read a particular writer who has such qualities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

The BBC has obtained footage and interviews from Tehran which evoke a city of strained nerves, of constant waiting for the next blast and relentless fear of the state security apparatus.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

Just enough to evoke boats and long coasts.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

What follows in Polish filmmaker Jan Komasa’s blackly comic, unnerving thriller is clearly meant to evoke “Heel’s” more obedience-minded reading.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

While at the heart of Beethoven’s symphony lies a vision of a better civilisation led by a benign deity, Berlioz, a life-long atheist, attempts to evoke the Apocalypse and Final Judgement in sound.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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