Sentence examples for elicits- from inspiring English sources

Over time we become addicted to the reaction that performance elicits from those around.

A pheromone is a chemical that elicits a specific behavioural response at a distance.

Mr Brown tells their stories well, for the most part, but he elicits nothing from them that is not familiar.In this section To believe or not to believe The perils of prediction Shopping v politics Brown's heroes Their majesties Dutch treat Reprints Related items Tony Blair: What I've learnedMay 31st 2007The eighth choice, Robert Kennedy, is more puzzling.

A blown-up photograph of carefully painted crackle marks that cunningly mimic the look of centuries-old paint elicits a smile.

What are you recruiting for?" Answering the latter question with "I'm working on my own company" no longer elicits an audible gasp of disbelief (a sound described to me by one entrepreneurial friend as if the questioner had "spotted a panda in the wild").

This elicits predictable denials from the Israelis who, for their part, purport to discern fresh pragmatism in the Palestinians' approach to the refugees' right of return.The spread of the intifada, in its first few days, to Israeli Arabs has destroyed the hope of Israel accepting many Palestinian refugees.

The sculpture, taller than every entrance to the room, elicits the anxious feeling that it will grow even bigger, pushing through walls and ceiling.

The fact is that homelessness is a fixture in most American cities and one that seldom elicits as much attention as the backlash over the hotspots suggests that it should.

Whereas Mr Brown was largely the author of his own misfortunes (the banking crash apart), Heath, as Dominic Sandbrook reminds us in his splendidly readable new history of Britain during the four years from 1970, was faced with a set of problems whose intractability and nastiness would have overwhelmed even a far more gifted politician.Heath both appals Mr Sandbrook and elicits his sympathy.

Maybe David Paterson, New York's governor, is onto something with his soda tax after all.Nadiya Pustovoytova finds that some Ukrainians are able to turn a profit by targeting the thrifty.And the recession elicits yet another "bah humbug".

This sly joke elicits a smile.In this section Best and brightest From here to eternity After the trenches Darkness stirs Thought for food Focus, focus, focus Correction: The Trip to Echo Spring ReprintsOther cubist art is often hard to connect with.