ELICIT in a Sentence

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An answer so different from the one he had expected to elicit, and was in the habit of receiving, staggered Mr. Bumble not a little.

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 Meanings and Examples of ELICIT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
elicit
 v.  draw out; bring forth or to light; generate or provoke as response or answer
Classic Sentence:
1  An answer so different from the one he had expected to elicit, and was in the habit of receiving, staggered Mr. Bumble not a little.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
2  I had often endeavoured to elicit from my companion what had first turned his mind in the direction of criminal research, but had never caught him before in a communicative humour.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. The Adventure of The "Gloria Scott"
3  I had calculated with certainty on this step answering my end: I felt sure it would elicit an early answer.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
4  Vassenka, lying on his stomach, with one leg in a stocking thrust out, was sleeping so soundly that he could elicit no response.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 6: Chapter 12
5  Franz's claim that his bride was waiting for him was thus shown to be a lie, albeit one that was forgivable and intended only to elicit more sympathy.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Five The whip-man
6  This variation to Solomon's exclamation elicited a sigh from the woman.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER VI—THE WILD MAN IN HIS LAIR
7  This elicited an exclamation from the workers.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 12: CHAPTER IV—AN ATTEMPT TO CONSOLE THE WIDOW HUCHELOUP
8  This joke elicited a fresh burst of applause.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5. The Marriage-Feast.
9  Mrs. Dent here bent over to the pious lady and whispered something in her ear; I suppose, from the answer elicited, it was a reminder that one of the anathematised race was present.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
10  It appreciated fully the chain of national circumstances which had elicited this tribute from Montenegro's warm little heart.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
11  It has elicited a great deal of public feeling, returned Guest.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER INCIDENT OF THE LETTER
12  Further questions elicited from him that Mr. Kurtz was at present in charge of a trading post, a very important one, in the true ivory-country, at 'the very bottom of there.'
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In I
13  Nicholas' letter in which he mentioned Princess Mary had elicited, in her presence, joyous comments from the countess, who saw an intervention of Providence in this meeting of the princess and Nicholas.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XII
14  It would have rankled in me more than it did, if I had not regarded myself as eliciting it by being so set apart for her and assigned to her.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXIX
15  She had passed beyond the phase of well-bred reciprocity, in which every demonstration must be scrupulously proportioned to the emotion it elicits, and generosity of feeling is the only ostentation condemned.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 12
Example Sentence:
1  Mr Norris said he was hopeful that his request would elicit a positive response.
2  I could elicit no response from him.
3  The detectives tried to elicit where he had hidden his loot.
4  I suppose, from the answer elicited, it was a reminder that one of the anathematised race was present.
5  He elicited raucous cheers, fist pumps and even a few “amens” at a Veterans of Foreign Wars hall in Merrimack when he chided Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. for suggesting that to defend one's house, people could fire a shotgun in the air.
6  When her knock elicited no response , she opened the door and peeped in.
7  The king is limited to a symbolic figurehead, however the institution elicits huge amount of respect and reverence from the Thai people.