evocative

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Where her vision clears, she’s in a hall lit by candlelight and crystal chandeliers draped in pearls, dressed in an iridescent gown and jewels evocative of the decade’s New Romantic style.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026

“Sons of Echo,” the two-part dance program at the Joyce Theater through Sunday, offers no insights regarding its evocative title.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

The songs on Black British Music are vivid and evocative, finding light in the darkness but never quite shaking off an undercurrent of sadness.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

Daniel Lopatin discusses the process of composing his synthesized score for Josh Safdies’s ‘Marty Supreme,’ both evocative of ’80s nostalgia and something new.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

It was 1996 and Brown had been reading Katherine Dunn’s strange, evocative novel Geek Love, talking about it in class, pointing out the enthusiastic alienation of its characters.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz