Sentence examples for sought to evoke from inspiring English sources

Still was interested in conveying awe before the unknowable the sublime that many artists throughout history have sought to evoke.

The president has sought to evoke the sort of grand coalition the United States led in World War II.

Heschel sought to evoke in 20th-century man the inner depth of devotion and spontaneous response that he discerned in traditional Jewish piety.

Typically using bold brushstrokes and dark ink colours, he sought to evoke in the viewer's mind his feelings on Zen practice and on the attainment of enlightenment.

In his case, it was the light and atmosphere of the shoreline near his Montauk home that he sought to evoke.

She sought to evoke memories of the Tory disarray of the early 1990s by portraying it as a John Major-style "back to basics" campaign.

The first two are rather complex in the responses they seek to evoke.

The Gaza Mall may seek to evoke such places, but it is not one of them.

Her works seek to evoke the varied atmospheres and energies that characterize such constructed places.

The production, choreographed to live music by Ana Maria Stekelman, seeks to evoke the irresistible atmosphere of Buenos Aires.

The writing is weakest when it seeks to evoke the mystical aspects of Sister John's devotion.