To admit belief would be to embarrass the dinner party and evoke pity and sad shakes of the head.
Times, Sunday Times
There's something about them that evokes pity, in the way that you pity people who appear to be having conversations with pigeons or trolleys round the back of supermarkets.
Times, Sunday Times
He succeeds in evoking pity and terror by the simple account of sordid and trivial misery.
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