How to Use evocative in a Sentence
evocative
adjective- He wrote a powerful and evocative biography.
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Each of the Clans is detailed in the book through dozens of pieces of evocative art.
— Rob Wieland, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023 -
The best, most evocative lines of the play happen here, right at the close.
— Helen Shaw, Vulture, 23 June 2022 -
Unusual flutes and the sounds of seashells added to the evocative sounds of Talokan.
— Jon Burlingame, Variety, 11 Nov. 2022 -
Diaz is thrilled about the evocative new spot right in the heart of the action.
— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2024 -
The purple cap is evocative of dreams and the vast reaches of space.
— Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022 -
Of all the folkloric names borne by full moons, this may be the best known and most evocative.
— Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2021 -
His mission was to preserve the evocative sounds that had caught his ear in the first place.
— Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2022 -
Scroll through, read some of the brand's evocative descriptions of their scents, and pick up the one that speaks to you.
— Sarah Hoffmann, Allure, 28 Nov. 2022 -
The look was evocative of the classic stylings of glamorous Motown girl groups from the 1960s.
— Julia Teti, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024 -
Bai made the evocative costumes out of netting, clay, and more.
— Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Feb. 2023 -
On the whole, the home is a quietly evocative mishmash.
— Camille Okhio, ELLE Decor, 29 Mar. 2023 -
Joséphine wore a plain white gown evocative of a wedding dress.
— Nathan Smith, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2023 -
The taste is evocative enough to bring me back to that night in 2016, and to keep my link to that world — my pre-covid career and self — alive.
— Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2020 -
It’s all draped in an evocative sepia tone, more home-carved and burnished than late-night noir.
— Noah Shachtman, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2023 -
The music is so evocative and transports you somewhere else, to a place that feels safe.
— Emily Burack, Town & Country, 3 May 2022 -
By night, take in the sound of Memphis; hearing the city can be even more evocative than seeing it.
— Shelby Knick, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2021 -
Then to dress the leaves with an equatorial fruit evocative of blue skies and green seas and balmy ease?
— Bill Buford, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2021 -
Janey’s vision of the beaten horse is just one of the text’s many evocative images of pain, which becomes the book’s great theme.
— Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2022 -
The council voted to change the name to Belfield Drive, which might be less scary but is not nearly as evocative.
— Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2020 -
At night, the poppies catch the light and cast an evocative glow into the courtyard below.
— Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024 -
These are some of the most evocative memories of my childhood.
— Leila Najafi, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2021 -
As for the denim mini skirt, the piece is mall babe to the core, and evocative of Abercrombie & Fitch’s heyday.
— Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2022 -
And perhaps the most evocative question of all: what lies beneath the amphorae?
— Travel, 2 Dec. 2020 -
Tonally and maybe lyrically, this one’s a bit sad, or at least, to me, evocative of a kind of darkness.
— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 23 Nov. 2021 -
But even without the app, the films are evocative enough to be understood through imagery alone.
— Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2024 -
The evocative scene, a turning point for the character, is essential to the final film.
— Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2024 -
The often evocative observations of the world around them are the author’s, not theirs.
— Ursula Lindsey, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2022 -
For the Easter holiday in April 2023, Princess Charlotte and her mother wore complementary looks evocative of the springtime season.
— Julia Teti, WWD, 26 Dec. 2024 -
There’s something about it that’s incredibly evocative.
— Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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