Example sentences for: elicit

How can you use “elicit” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • That's not an appetizing image, but I'm preparing you for Ravenous , the cannibal saga I predict will elicit the most derisive reviews of any film this year.

  • With his gold chains and fur collars, Lefty is a howlingly tacky parody of a mobster, and Pacino uses all his blowhard insecurities, along with his patented air of electrified stupor, to elicit from us an astounding degree of sympathy.

  • The hotline staff can elicit information that would be difficult, if not impossible, in English.

  • The HR occurs in response to infection with avirulent bacteria at levels of inoculum that cause a large percentage of leaf cells to undergo programmed cell death (PCD) [ 8 ] . In contrast to results with avrRpt2, P. syringae bacteria carrying the avirulence genes avrB , avrRpm1 , avrPphB or avrRps4 elicit an exaggerated HR relative to that on the wild-type Columbia parent [ 5 7 ] . In a study in which bacteria carrying avrB were chosen as a representative member of this class, in further contrast to results with avrRpt2 , these bacteria were capable of eliciting SAR and PR-1 induction on ndr1-1 mutant plants [ 4 ] .

  • The newer ballets do not elicit that response.


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