- present tense form of evoke (3rd person singular).
evokes
Example Sentences
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What they’re seeing is pretty grim—a onetime superpower that no longer evokes much respect or fear.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
It’s the essence of the very mystery that music itself evokes in all of us.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
The "deep, solemn" green colour "precisely evokes that period of the liturgical year dedicated to hope and to the safeguarding of creation", he explained.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
When the film opens at Oak Street’s idyllic summer block party, complete with cookouts and kids happily pedaling together on their bikes, he purposefully evokes the atmosphere of the movies he covertly cites.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
It is the hand that evokes love, and creates a twin soul for every person in the world.
From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
