He's always allowed himself to come across as wide-eyed, mystified, and curious during his interviews; in so doing, he has elicited unusually insightful commentary from his interlocutors.
Only after days of trying unanswered numbers did she elicit an email address for senior management.
Other, more fanciful lines of inquiry — did he have recurring dreams, how would he describe his relationship with his mother, what kind of future did he wish for his children — elicited game but uncomprehending replies.
He did not elicit audience sympathy and was less likely to win the girl at the end of a film than he was to wind up the buffoonish victim of some quagmire of his own making.
He did not elicit many missed swings.
However, this is not what Alex does; he provides a cue to elicit a specific word, "noise", in answer to his question.
He does not elicit sympathy, as he should, and exaggerates his flirtation with Mrs. Storm.
Lee Daniels, with "Precious," does the best — he elicits impressive performances from actors who were less than stars and dares to seek visual correlates for his main characters' inner life, but his images are hardly anything to think about.
Banks warns us that his book "can't help being about the war", but it is noticeable that, even when he begins his journey in a car festooned with anti-war posters, he does not elicit much of a response.
Salt Lake head coach Mike Petke is a vibrant figure on the sideline and in interviews, but he doesn't elicit great soccer from his team.
His interview with Berra did not elicit any Yogiisms, but Vincent said he heard one first-hand in another setting.
