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evoke
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  • It is the hand that evokes love, and creates a twin soul for every person in the world.  (source)
    evokes = calls forth or causes
  • It evoked one final remark.  (source)
    evoked = caused
  • Lon could not evoke these feelings in her.  (source)
    evoke = arouse
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  • Judge Taylor was not the kind of figure that ever evoked pity, but I did feel a pang for him as he tried to explain.  (source)
    evoked = aroused (gave rise to)
  • The rises and falls of two hundred and three civilizations evoke the qualities of epics in a new form.†  (source)
    evoke = call forth or cause
  • I tried to drive them out by evoking older memories of Kabati before the war.†  (source)
    evoking = calling forth or causing
  • And though the texture of the pillowcase peeking out of the bag threw me an ugly short-circuit, like an electric pop in the temple, more than anything I was struck by the smell—for the plastic, pool-liner odor of masking tape had grown overwhelming from being shut up in such a small space, an emotionally evocative odor I hadn't remembered or thought of in years, a distinct polyvinyl reek that threw me straight back to childhood and my bedroom back in Vegas: chemicals and new carpet, falling asleep and waking up every morning with the painting taped behind my headboard and the same adhesive smell in my nostrils.†  (source)
    evocative = bringing strong feelings or memories to mind
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ive" converts a word into an adjective; though over time, what was originally an adjective often comes to be used as a noun. The adjective pattern means tending to and is seen in words like attractive, impressive, and supportive. Examples of the noun include narrative, alternative, and detective.
  • Under the smoke, that scent fresh, lemony, aromatic evokes a memory of sitting on the train next to him, just like I am now, only we're going the other way and someone is laughing really loudly.†  (source)
    evokes = calls forth or causes
  • At each spontaneous tribute rendered by the wayfarers to this black pagod of a fellow—the tribute of a pause and stare, and less frequent an exclamation,—the motley retinue showed that they took that sort of pride in the evoker of it which the Assyrian priests doubtless showed for their grand sculptured Bull when the faithful prostrated themselves.†  (source)
  • ...in any case Nadia had taken one look at Saeed's father and felt him like a father, for he was so gentle, and evoked in her a protective caring, as if for one's own child, or for a puppy, or for a beautiful memory one knows has already commenced to fade.  (source)
    evoked = aroused or caused
  • In a sip, it would evoke the timing of that winter's thaw, the extent of that summer's rain, the prevailing winds, and the frequency of clouds.†  (source)
    evoke = call forth or cause
  • And so we would sometimes hum melodies evoking the gentle waters of the Jordan River and the majestic sanctity of Jerusalem.†  (source)
    evoking = calling forth or causing
  • A sweet smell with a bitter undertone, rich and evocative.†  (source)
    evocative = bringing strong feelings or memories to mind
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