elicit

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Trey's next query, about "availability," elicits an "Oh, duh" moment.  (source) Ellen Hopkins, Glass, 2007

He shoved the machine, eliciting a stern look from the deputy,  (source) W. William Winokur, The Perfect Game, 2008

As far as I could judge, no new facts were elicited by his questions but he himself seemed quite satisfied.  (source) Agatha Christie, The ABC Murders, 1936

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) F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, 1925

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) Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights, 1846

Nikki and I would play this game: I would sit on the living room chair while Nikki deeply inhaled and then blew directly in my face, eliciting hysterical laughs on both sides.†  (source) Wes Moore, The Other Wes Moore, 2010

There is a little more applause for this one, not just because Minny's known for her treats, but because the name Hilly elicits applause on any occasion.†  (source) Kathryn Stockett, The Help, 2009

This joke elicited a fresh burst of applause.  (source) Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo, 1846

Two more blocks elicit the same response.†  (source) Heather Morris, The Tattooist of Auschwitz, 2018

It was inconceivable that the Tsimtsum should sink without eliciting a peep of concern.†  (source) Yann Martel, Life of Pi, 2001

Beauty has no explanation, but its right perfection elicits love.†  (source) Mark Helprin, A Soldier of the Great War, 1991

This elicited a few snickers from the crowd, and I felt my face turn red under my visor.†  (source) Ernest Cline, Ready Player One, 2011

It was not a move designed to elicit arousal, but it was certainly a designed move, because Augustus Waters was no improviser.†  (source) John Green, The Fault in Our Stars, 2012