Used in a Sentence

evoking

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for evoking.

Editorial note

But that's just evoking the misunderstanding that in evolution the primary competitors are species, rather than individuals.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

(transitive) To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of evoking gathered in one view.

verb

(transitive) To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.

verb

(transitive) To elicit a response.

verb

(transitive) To call out; to draw out or bring forth.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for evoking.

verb

(transitive) To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.

verb

(transitive) To elicit a response.

verb

(transitive) To call out; to draw out or bring forth.

Example sentences

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But that's just evoking the misunderstanding that in evolution the primary competitors are species, rather than individuals.

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Or are they -sneakily- bricking the device by evoking an unintended reaction to a seemingly innocuous command?

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For the small amount of value it could add you're taking too much of a risk of evoking a negative reaction.

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It has a lot of /style/ and attention paid to evoking a particular noir-esque mood.

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More generally, it is a superstition of not daring to speak of some evil by its rightful name, for fear evoking/summoning it (like...

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Mostly for their aroma; it's capable of evoking memories that nothing else can.

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Really, almost any story that stirs does so by evoking these universals.

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I was evoking hyperbolic images of actual anarchy to illustrate how different they are from the conditions in the article.

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I assume the red color it evoking the 'Big Apple' nickname for New York City.

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I see the Confederate flag primarily evoking three topics: states rights, slavery, and racism.

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So why bother evoking any more excuses in different places?

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Edit: to be clear, my point is that evoking such an idea or meaning is violent towards others and an individual doesn't get to decide that this isn't the case.

Quote examples

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In particular: his "#NotYourShield" tweets weren't about that hashtag, but rather evoking it.

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(We need to name the evoking of Ben Franklin's "Those Who Sacrifice Liberty For Security Deserve Neither" quote...

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It grabs peoples' attention, but misrepresents the extent of the problem by evoking forced emotion on individuals who think that there is quite literally "a floating island/continent of plastic trash in the ocean somewhere".

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Evoking HeartBleed and "I told you so" and Snowden and digs on BSD and "big transnational, and therefore law-less, companies." Well, that makes you look a little wacky.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use evoking in a sentence?

But that's just evoking the misunderstanding that in evolution the primary competitors are species, rather than individuals.

What does evoking mean?

(transitive) To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.

What part of speech is evoking?

evoking is commonly used as verb.