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With all due respect to his athletic skill, Gronkowski is not high on the list of NFL players that elicit carnal thoughts.

When a reporter asked him a question, it would often elicit a series of Jesuitical responses.

One agent in particular developed a rapport with Zubaydah and managed to elicit an all-important bit of intelligence.

The Golden Globes TV nominations reliably elicit a WTF reaction.

In the end, it was found that students working under Protess had used false pretenses in trying to elicit witness statements.

There will be an amicable settlement; and my word will be a knot in the chain of satisfactory evidence they will elicit.

Eleanor looked at Jane very sharply, but the sewing-girl's face was averted, so that questioning looks could elicit no answers.

Some of his walls are still pointed out, and the large stones he lifted elicit surprise.

This was said to elicit if there might be some variance in the statement of Lady Eleanor and her servant.

But, starting from that point, an exploration of hours failed to elicit the slightest trace.

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On this page you'll find 74 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to elicit, such as: bring out, evoke, extort, extract, obtain, and wrest.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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