elicits

Example Sentences

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Each new alarm like this elicits anxieties and murmurs that souring private credit is about to become the new subprime mortgage crisis.

From Barron's • May 30, 2026

The role should evoke the word’s maternal roots, the sense of comfort and care that a house mother elicits.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

It’s a light that elicits emotion and demands reaction.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

This elicits a slow drip of sarcasm from Catherine, who eventually gets Hal to confess that he’s the drummer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

What elicits the gasp is the fact that they are standing in a forest, her back pressed up against a huge, ancient tree trunk.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern