evocation

Example Sentences

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Kpler, a stylized evocation of 17th-century German astronomer Johannes Kepler, was founded in 2014 by François Cazor and Jean Maynier, who had both previously worked in banking and trading.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

The single square column features crouching figures in the capital who seem to be holding up the arch, a playful evocation of the classical figure of the caryatid or herm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 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

For the first time the evocation of the Founder saddened me, and the campus seemed to rush past me, fast retreating, like the fading of a dream at the sundering of slumber.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison