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Discover LudwigThe phrase "ability to evoke something" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing someone's or something's capacity to bring forth emotions, memories, or reactions in others.
Example: "The artist's ability to evoke something profound in her audience is what makes her work so impactful."
Alternatives: "capacity to elicit" or "power to inspire".
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That ability to evoke something with a handful of notes and chords is what makes a riff resonate.
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"I think he wanted to evoke something of a landscape of loneliness," Eric Orner said.
"We wanted to evoke something from Israel — the idea of sharing a meal around the table," Ms. Shefi said.
A collage like Sunset Clause (2004) is a good example of Westwood's ability to evoke atmosphere, embracing the cliches of business and transforming them into something with as much drama as a painting by Turner.
"Photography has this ability to evoke empathy.
If only Sinclair had possessed fiction-writing abilities equal to his ability to evoke squalor!
"Fabric has a powerful ability to evoke the past," she said.
In it we find Murray's delicate ability to evoke many kinds of experience.
Her ability to evoke the spirit and the spiritual never left her.
Amanda and Elyot are as much in thrall to music and its ability to evoke deep feelings as anyone else.
One of Mr. Scorsese's many talents is the ability to evoke a past era (in this case, 1961-66) viscerally.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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