Rich in evocative physical detail and timeless human insight. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Mountain: Summary and book reviews of Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier.] Reference
Also evocative is Chabon's fascination with secret knowledge. From Wordnik.com. [Bless This Man !!] Reference
Native peoples gave each cycle a name evocative of that season, such as "moon when acorns fall.". From Wordnik.com. [UUpdates - All updates] Reference
Futami-ga-ura (Twice-See Beach) is a word evocative of Ise and often used in poetry for the meaning of its name. From Wordnik.com. [Matsukaze] Reference
Just as it had been for characters in about 20 earlier western films, Waco stood as a name evocative of the American West. From Wordnik.com. [The Branch Davidian siege’s influence on popular culture] Reference
For example, Aran Boat Song she describes as evocative of the Milesian warrior and poet Amergin's poem The Mystery of Amergin. From Wordnik.com. [Epinions Recent Content for Home] Reference
Sindhis also know it as 'Samundar', ocean, a name evocative of the vastness of the river within their landscape and civilization. From Wordnik.com. [Bloggers.Pakistan] Reference
The surge (a word evocative of soft drinks and internet carriers) has sealed off the images of smashed doorways and roadside explosions. From Wordnik.com. [David Bromwich: Staying Innocent about Iraq] Reference
And not just any speech, but a speech "evocative" of another speech he gave last year!. From Wordnik.com. ['Bold' Baloney] Reference
And, what's with the mind-numbingly repetitive use of the adjective, "evocative," anyway?. From Wordnik.com. [Two views ...] Reference
Her writing, like that of so many other novelists today, is touted as "evocative" and "compelling.". From Wordnik.com. [A Reader's Manifesto] Reference
She has a rarefied feel for that kind of evocative detail - no stray seam escaping her scrutiny. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
Untitled evocative image of the day. From Wordnik.com. [Untitled evocative image of the day.] Reference
Althouse: Untitled evocative image of the day. From Wordnik.com. [Untitled evocative image of the day.] Reference
On the street, though, it seems more evocative of a Bentley. From Wordnik.com. [ROAD TEST: CHRYSLER 300C] Reference
He is best known for his evocative phrase "creative destruction.". From Wordnik.com. [Schumpeter: The Prophet] Reference
They're as beautiful as ever, as evocative of the flush of the decade. From Wordnik.com. [How Much For A Used Rolex?] Reference
That was more evocative than any pop star's performance could have been. From Wordnik.com. [Oh, Say, Can You Sing?] Reference
Lin created not just an object to revere but an evocative sense of place. From Wordnik.com. [Where Memory Endures] Reference
She wanted something evocative of her mother and didn't want a traditional urn. From Wordnik.com. [Thinking Outside The Urn] Reference
A legendary fixture at Juilliard, his bold, evocative playing inspired generations. From Wordnik.com. [A Truth Teller] Reference
Ono and son Sean have been working on a powerful and evocative new album called "Rising.". From Wordnik.com. [Come Together] Reference
And last fall Kawakubo herself came under fire for creating clothing evocative of the Bosnian war. From Wordnik.com. [A Bad Fashion Statement] Reference
The most evocative mystery concerns the relative mildness of the virus in Turkey compared to Asia. From Wordnik.com. [Hunting Bird Flu] Reference
Like its Northwest setting, the novel veers between being mysteriously evocative and just plain soggy. From Wordnik.com. ['Snow' On Top] Reference
A onetime TV writer, Smith creates dialogue with bite and has a real knack for loonily evocative character sketches. From Wordnik.com. [Pizza At Three O'clock] Reference
(Rather than, say, evocative storytelling and a gift for making the arcana of ship stability and wave dynamics fun to read.). From Wordnik.com. [A Killer in the House] Reference
In fact, the mosque is a building strongly evocative of its own time, with its sober, bankerly facade of tawny pink granite. From Wordnik.com. [A Minaret Over Manhattan] Reference
In "1959," she's combined a coming-of-age story with an evocative portrait of a segregated community on the cusp of the '60s. From Wordnik.com. [Now You See Them...] Reference
With its gentle, poignant riff on Siamese style and its evocative story-telling, the dance radiates personality and moral force. From Wordnik.com. [Classics With Cartwheels] Reference
Gober's specialty, on the other hand, is meticulously handcrafted, slightly irregular, eerily evocative copies of familiar objects. From Wordnik.com. [Our Man In Venice] Reference
His books-though designed for kids-are full of evocative place names such as Lake Lachrymose and towns called Tedia and Paltryville. From Wordnik.com. [A Darker Harry Potter] Reference
Guterson, best-known for his richly evocative bestseller "Snow Falling on Cedars," once again sets his story in the Pacific Northwest. From Wordnik.com. [The People Who Haunt Us] Reference
In a powerfully evocative narrative, Allende's tenth novel transports the reader back to Spain's 16th-century conquest of South America. From Wordnik.com. [The Mother of Chile] Reference
In a detail evocative of the mute power of the names carved into the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, Cutler and Smith inscribed each slab. From Wordnik.com. [Remembering The Witch Hunt's Victims] Reference
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