evoke
Example Sentences
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The mixture of digitally warped instrumentation that emphasizes its artificiality and cinematic string arrangements that evoke the melodrama of old Hollywood is pleasingly jarring and disorienting.
Robert’s childhood was filmed to evoke still images, as if he were only remembering photographs he’d seen.
From Los Angeles Times
Representing Gomez’s children, they evoke something closer to a parent’s reality: lovable kids, grungy and soiled.
From Los Angeles Times
“They evoke strong and varied perceptions” on how they should be managed, she said, “but the segment of the population we’re talking today about is clearly at risk from distinct threats.”
From Los Angeles Times
“Rhodes — and Finney — employ the steel guitar inventively, not just to evoke notes of melancholy often found in country music, but to bring an orchestra’s worth of color, texture and shading to the arrangements.”
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
