Example sentences for: evoke

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

  • To highlight the danger of terrorists obtaining chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear weapons, Bonk brought along a mock-up suitcase to evoke the way the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult had spread deadly sarin nerve agent on the Tokyo subway in 1995.

  • The film's only high note is a soundtrack with some 49 songs that evoke the era better than any of the actors do.

  • When my sister and I, two scrawny specimens of the American "upper-middle class," visit, we always evoke a good deal of concern from relatives.

  • "His suspected relationship with Monica Lewinsky may generate sarcasm and evoke comparisons with that between Lolita and Humbert, but nothing can take away from his success," Caretto added.

  • In speeches, Gerry Adams, the head of Sinn Fein, the Irish Republican Army's political wing, continues to evoke the famine to condemn British occupation of Northern Ireland.


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