Sample Sentences forelicit (editor-reviewed)
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The teacher's question was designed to elicit thoughtful responses.elicit = draw out or evoke
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Her funny stories always elicit laughter from the audience.elicit = draw out or bring forth
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Her comments elicited public outrage.elicited = brought out in response
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Her comment elicited loud applause from the audience.elicited = brought about in response
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Even hatred at times may elicit a response. (source)elicit = get or bring out in response
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Isabella and he had had an hour's interview, during which he tried to elicit from her some sentiment of proper horror for Heathcliff's advances: but he could make nothing of her evasive replies, and was obliged to close the examination unsatisfactorily; adding, however, a solemn warning, that if she were so insane as to encourage that worthless suitor, it would dissolve all bonds of relationship between herself and him. (source)elicit = bring out in response
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James Gatz — that was really, or at least legally, his name. He had changed it at the age of seventeen and at the specific moment that witnessed the beginning of his career — when he saw Dan Cody's yacht drop anchor over the most insidious flat on Lake Superior. ... Cody asked him a few questions (one of them elicited the brand new name) and found that he was quick and extravagantly ambitious. (source)elicited = got or brought out in response
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Two more blocks elicit the same response.† (source)
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He shoved the machine, eliciting a stern look from the deputy, (source)eliciting = bringing out in response
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Trey's next query, about "availability," elicits an "Oh, duh" moment. (source)elicits = gets or brings out in response
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This joke elicited a fresh burst of applause. (source)elicited = brought out in response
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By grilling them in private, he was confident he could elicit more thorough responses.† (source)
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I have to push and elbow to make any headway, eliciting grumbles from irritated merchants and a shove from a hatchet-faced slaver.† (source)
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Outside, the mere sight of Lincoln elicits a prolonged ovation.† (source)
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As far as I could judge, no new facts were elicited by his questions but he himself seemed quite satisfied. (source)elicited = brought out
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The State did elicit from Steve that he spoke to Mr. King about basketball.† (source)
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