try to evoke
Example Sentences
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I have worked in beauty for a long time, and I love the emotions that beauty brands try to evoke.
From The Verge ● Aug. 16, 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
“I’m not quite the jokester than Cashman is,” Eppler said, “but I will try to evoke some laughter on a pretty regular basis, if I can.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2016
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
