evoke
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Englishness can evoke two broad emotions: a benign feeling or divisiveness.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Feeling is more powerful than fact here, and Travolta leans hard into the dreamy, futuristic visual identity of the jet set age to evoke a childlike sense of awe in the viewer.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
“We’re trying to evoke some of the fun adventure of movies from the ’80s and the ’90s that used these techniques,” Knoll says.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
The track fuses West Coast serenity with East Coast grit: Lush keys evoke California’s glow while steady rim clicks and a sticky piano hook capture the rhythm of 1970s New York.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Prim makes a sound—such a lost, irretrievable sound—that I can’t even imagine what they have done to evoke it.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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