How to Use evince in a Sentence

evince

verb
  • She evinced an interest in art at an early age.
  • Neither man evinces the slightest clue about how to fight it.
    — Robert Mann, NOLA.com, 9 June 2017
  • Cortez Masto evinces not a flicker of doubt.
    — Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
  • For his part, Kobach has evinced all the legal skills of a marmoset.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 14 Mar. 2018
  • At the same time, Lie, in the equally strong but less showy part, evinces great empathy.
    — Alissa Simon, Variety, 9 Sep. 2024
  • No matter how dark the subject might be, his works evince a deep faith in humanity.
    — Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Her Anna — thwarted at work as well as at home — evinces desperation at all times.
    — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2020
  • The Biden books, with striking consistency, evince a pride in how much can be left unsaid.
    — Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Some expected those tensions to evince themselves once again when the coronavirus struck.
    — Gordon F. Sander, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2020
  • Elliot’s mother had a bit of the hoarding tendencies evinced by his lead character, who grew up with a cleft palate.
    — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2024
  • At no point does David Brooks evince any particular engagement with any of these sources.
    — Jacob Bacharach, The New Republic, 5 June 2019
  • During his final years on Earth, King evinced some sympathy for the latter view.
    — Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 4 Apr. 2018
  • By convertible standards, the Volante evinces minimal cowl shake.
    — John Phillips, Car and Driver, 20 May 2020
  • Yet Sander’s pictures rarely evince any suggestion of genetic essence or ideal.
    — Max Norman, New Yorker, 21 May 2026
  • These 100 works evince no singular aesthetic or set of concerns.
    — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 28 May 2026
  • Virginia’s Senate Democrats have evinced no special fondness for Asians.
    — Wai Wah Chin, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Most politicians yearn for the kind of human understanding that Conway evinced on the campaign trail.
    — Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 1 Apr. 2017
  • The installation evinces an acute awareness of the optics of reflection.
    — Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2019
  • The power of activism is best evinced by Nepal’s jump in the rankings, according to Flores.
    — NBC News, 12 Nov. 2019
  • But to the extent that the Lusk play evinces any real anxiety, the participants don’t seem to notice.
    — Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2020
  • As evinced by his varied oeuvre, Wiseman was interested in a plethora of topics.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 17 Feb. 2026
  • By contrast, Spencer evinced bad political instincts.
    — Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025
  • With Iran and other cosigners of the deal evincing no enthusiasm to do so, the agreement is still in mortal danger.
    — Benjamin Hart, Daily Intelligencer, 12 Jan. 2018
  • These and other comments evince the cynicism that always defined the invasion of Afghanistan.
    — Daniel Bessner, The New Republic, 16 Aug. 2021
  • Al had evinced interest from Notre Dame and Holy Cross for both basketball and football.
    — Ben Steele, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2018
  • For months, rivals have nipped at his heels, evincing an I-can’t-believe-I’m-losing-to-this guy incredulity.
    — Time, 30 Jan. 2020
  • The inclusion of either would evince thoughtfulness and care, but the former would be less likely to excite, confuse, or rile patients.
    — Lou Stoppard, The New Yorker, 31 July 2021
  • In the five years that have elapsed, Marlowe has issued many songs that evince his gale force of a voice, bolstered by an ever-maturing songwriting style.
    — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Some appear to be cordially greeting viewers with a wave, while others evince the desperation of a person drowning.
    — Dawn Chan, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
  • But that begins with evincing a simple desire to defend the existence and perpetuity of one's culture.
    — MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025

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