try to evoke
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
I’d probably try to evoke the staticky, faintly metallic experience of licking a CRT monitor.
From The Verge • Apr. 8, 2022
The show’s notes spoke of a “strange beauty” and “cinematic vignettes” that this collection would try to evoke.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2021
“We try to evoke the same humor but in different ways,” Tobly said, “and surprise people with things they notice about the show but never really internalized.”
From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2021
So she’s naturally a little bit more protective than maybe would be optimal to try to evoke the natural side to her…
From Washington Post • Oct. 8, 2015
The healthy mental action which we try to evoke in a somewhat artificial manner, by furnishing the walls of the rooms in which the patients live, with artistic decoration, is naturally supplied by the farm.
From Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles by Tuke, Daniel Hack
