When she told a story about visiting an unconscious patient in a hospital, it became clear that her nervous actions evoked the anxiety of such a situation.

Like everything he did, the action evoked a certain sensuality.

The familiar action evoked a stirring of unease, and the confidence he had felt earlier began to fade.

At times, the action evokes what appears to be a comic-book simplicity, if not goofiness.

First, he wrote, such an action might evoke the "Stalinist practice to airbrush purged figures out of official records and histories."

The actions and methods of the World Trade Organization evoke strong antipathies.

His return to England was desultory, as he tried to make out the repercussions his actions had evoked in London.

So in several current films, the sacred house is invaded; and that action evokes the worst economic fears of the middle class.

This means that his or her traits or actions evoke predictable reactions in others.

The actions of your friends or companions may evoke anger or shame in you.