How to Use evocative in a Sentence

evocative

adjective
Definition of evocativenext
Synonyms for evocativenext
  • He wrote a powerful and evocative biography.
  • Of all the folkloric names borne by full moons, this may be the best known and most evocative.
    — Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2021
  • It’s a sign, evocative of an old headstone, that not long ago had been shot by vandals three hundred and seventeen times.
    — Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2021
  • There’s something about Tim Platt that is evocative of Steve Martin early on.
    — Frank Digiacomo, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Markle’s style has also altered, favoring simple pieces evocative of the quiet luxury trend.
    — Julia Teti, WWD, 11 Sep. 2024
  • The style is evocative and creepy, thanks to rich production and costume design, the cramped house seemingly lost in time, surrounded by a damp, mossy forest.
    — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Players publicly said they were upset by the analogy, which was evocative of slavery and the antebellum South.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2021
  • The duo turns this would-be conceptual exercise into the most soulfully evocative, heavy-of-heart and light-of-spirit music that their cadre has produced.
    — Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
  • In a series of evocative and layered essays, Raboteau explores the crises of our time from the perspective of a mother trying to brace her children for the future.
    — Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024
  • All this provides the lightest toehold into this evocative, nonlinear film, rich in atmospherics, mysticism, and song.
    — Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Tourneur’s evocative use of shadows is still at play here, and even the controversial reveal of the titular demon near the start of the movie does nothing to diminish the film’s impact.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Greekman’s feels subtly evocative without any hokum and serves uplifting food that meshes with the California growing seasons.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2021
  • Scientists are experimenting with algorithms that can take a person's emails and text messages and use them to generate text messages that are at least evocative of a specific person.
    — Cindy Gordon, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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