Example sentences for: eliciting

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  • At a time when dumb one-liners and tasteless jokes can be tossed off on TV and elsewhere as examples of wit without causing anyone to cringe, perhaps the moment has arrived to make some distinctions and straighten out the nomenclature among those terms that fall under the umbrella of eliciting laughter.

  • Under these conditions apoptosis may result from the production of cytokines [ 1 ] , cell activation [ 2 3 4 ] , infective agents [ 5 ] and adverse responses to pharmaceuticals [ 6 7 ] . Depending on the agonist or eliciting milieu, apoptotic cell death is accompanied by the activation of various cell death pathways including caspases, ceramide, altered gene expression, mitochondrial dysfunction and consumption of ATP e.g., with DNA repair, that result in histone-associated DNA fragmentation [ 8 9 ] . Many of these cell death pathways are also associated with the secondary production of oxidants [ 10 ] which appears to contribute to the magnitude of cell death.

  • On the whole, despite the preliminary screening that callers are subjected to, mainly in order to eliminate cranks, drunks, and undesirables, those who do get through rarely have anything of moment to contribute, the presenters are notably unsympathetic in eliciting a fair exposure of their comments, and the listener is (too) often left with the feeling that the presenter has been too dismissive.

  • The plot is said to be sinuous and suspenseful, and Mamet is credited with eliciting an uncharacteristically strong performance from Steve Martin.

  • Theoretically, viruses may play a role in eliciting either or both of these signals.


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