How do you use Evocation in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like imagination or stimulant, plus the exact meaning.
Evocation meaning
The act of calling out or forth, or evoking.
Synonyms of Evocation
Using Evocation
- The main meaning on this page is: The act of calling out or forth, or evoking.
- Useful related words include: imagination, stimulant, stimulus, stimulation.
- In the example corpus, evocation often appears in combinations such as: evocation of, an evocation, their evocation.
Context around Evocation
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 13 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Evocation
- In this selection, "evocation" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, generally, modern, dreamlike and main stand out and add context to how "evocation" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a dreamlike evocation of dark and a luminous evocation of world. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "evocation" sits close to words such as abbeys, abundances and aced, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with evocation
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In an enchanting evocation of their majesty. (7 words)
It’s also a spot-on evocation of any insomniac’s inferno. (12 words)
Instead, Grilli offers a more intangible evocation of the times and places. (12 words)
Evocation main There is a distinct difference between invocation and evocation, as Crowley explains: error Generally, evocation is used for two main purposes: to gather information and to obtain the services or obedience of a spirit or demon. (38 words)
In June, the Senate House will be a host for a festival that is a modern evocation of African culture, expression, and experience during the time of enslavement by Dutch settlers in New York in the 17th century. (38 words)
Broken into five interlocked sections, this domestic epic leapfrogs across seven decades, from a luminous evocation of World War II Oxford during the blackout to today's diode-lit world in which hookups are arranged via apps. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Evocation main There is a distinct difference between invocation and evocation, as Crowley explains: error Generally, evocation is used for two main purposes: to gather information and to obtain the services or obedience of a spirit or demon.
And the hat, well it's an evocation of a time, a period, a reflection of movies past.
As much a biography as an evocation of Thatcherism, the film explores music and art from the period to better emphasize the turbulent social climate of the U.K. in the 1980s.
In June, the Senate House will be a host for a festival that is a modern evocation of African culture, expression, and experience during the time of enslavement by Dutch settlers in New York in the 17th century.
It’s also a spot-on evocation of any insomniac’s inferno.
On Tuesday, Ms Robison told the BBC the UK Government’s evocation of a Section 35 order to overturn the Bill and prevent it from becoming law was “outrageous”.
The compressed anger of these pieces, and their evocation of vanished and unseen lives, pervades the exhibition.
In a way, the film's oftentimes opaque nature opens it up to be embraced as a dreamlike evocation of dark forces.
Remembering Che: My Life with Che Guevara was originally published in Spanish as Evocation: My Vida al lado del Che.
Instead, Grilli offers a more intangible evocation of the times and places.
It’s a superb evocation of New York’s folk scene in 1961, with desolation and dark humour at its heart.
No doubt a story about an injustice you’ve experienced, or a positive story about a state school or a public hospital, may be more powerful than some abstract evocation of equality.
Singh said, “Taking cue from that evocation, the Ministry of Defence has prepared a list of 101 items for which there would be an embargo on the import beyond the timeline indicated against them.
With so many watching confined at home, Joel’s evocation of churches burning in Harlem and the ruins of 42nd Street offer little comfort and potentially quite a bit of distress.
And tiki’s determined “exoticism,” with its cultural appropriations and discomfiting evocation of otherness, reasonably put some drinkers off.
His book makes for a vivid evocation of a remarkable species and a rich working-class tradition.
In an enchanting evocation of their majesty.
Trump’s evocation of a common American mission could be easily forgotten if he slips into his scorching rhetoric on immigration.
Broken into five interlocked sections, this domestic epic leapfrogs across seven decades, from a luminous evocation of World War II Oxford during the blackout to today's diode-lit world in which hookups are arranged via apps.
The track is an up-tempo evocation of Rateliff's solo songs, demonstrating a fresh sound deviating from the Night Sweats' soul-driven tunes.
Common combinations with evocation
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- evocation of 28×
- an evocation 5×
- their evocation 3×
- its evocation 2×