Evince
verb
To show or express something clearly.
Her smile evinced her joy.
Often appears as...
- evince interest
- evinces emotion
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Formal
verb
To show or express something clearly.
Her smile evinced her joy.
Often appears as...
- evince interest
- evinces emotion
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Clarity
Used when someone's feelings or attitudes are made very clear through their actions or expressions.
His quick apology evinced genuine remorse.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Commonly Spoken
'Evince' is more often found in written English than in daily conversations.
The essay evinced a profound understanding of the topic.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Context
Appropriate for formal contexts, like academic writing or official reports, but may sound overly formal in casual speech.
The study's results evince the need for further research.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Clarity
Used when someone's feelings or attitudes are made very clear through their actions or expressions.
His quick apology evinced genuine remorse.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Commonly Spoken
'Evince' is more often found in written English than in daily conversations.
The essay evinced a profound understanding of the topic.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Context
Appropriate for formal contexts, like academic writing or official reports, but may sound overly formal in casual speech.
The study's results evince the need for further research.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Clarity
Used when someone's feelings or attitudes are made very clear through their actions or expressions.
His quick apology evinced genuine remorse.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Commonly Spoken
'Evince' is more often found in written English than in daily conversations.
The essay evinced a profound understanding of the topic.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Context
Appropriate for formal contexts, like academic writing or official reports, but may sound overly formal in casual speech.
The study's results evince the need for further research.
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you need to incorporate that meaning into a new identity. You need to take the traumas and make them part of who you've come to be, and you need to fold the worst events of your life into a narrative of triumph, evincing a better self in response to things that hurt.
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How the worst moments in...
you need to incorporate that meaning into a new identity. You need to take the traumas and make them part of who you've come to be, and you need to fold the worst events of your life into a narrative of triumph, evincing a better self in response to things that hurt.
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Quote examples
Sam Houston
American Politician
We now occupy the proud attitude of a sovereign and independent Republic, which will impose upon us the obligation of evincing to the world that we are worthy to be free. This will only be accomplished by wise legislation, the maintenance of our integrity, and the faithful and just redemption of our plighted faith wherever it has been pledged.
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James Howard Kunstler
American Author
The newspaper headlines may shout about global warming, extinctions of living species, the devastation of rain forests, and other worldwide catastrophes, but Americans evince a striking complacency when it comes to their everyday environment and the growing calamity that it represents.
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Robert Toombs
American Politician
The instant the Government was organized, at the very first Congress, the Northern States evinced a general desire and purpose to use it for their own benefit, and to pervert its powers for sectional advantage, and they have steadily pursued that policy to this day.
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Julian Treasure
American
We all like to look good. However, this basic human desire can often get in the way of our listening and our speaking. This tendency often evinces itself in two simple words: 'I know.' But if I know everything, what can I learn? Absolutely nothing.
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Barry Gardiner
British Politician
Labour must evince a positive vision for the future of our country outside the E.U. One that is consistent with the leave voters' objectives, without sacrificing our rights and protections, as the Conservatives threaten to do.
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Philip Schaff
Swiss Theologian
The New Testament evinces its universal design in its very, style, which alone distinguishes it from all the literary productions of earlier and later times.
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Eric Alterman
American Writer
Americans have always evinced some distrust of government, but the current situation has exacerbated this to a degree that may be unprecedented.
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Neil Blumenthal
American Businessman
If faced with two competitive candidates, every company will hire the person who evinces more enthusiasm.
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Jane Austen
British Writer
I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.
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Helena Blavatsky
Russian Author
The whole order of nature evinces a progressive march towards a higher life.
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Sam Houston
American Politician
We now occupy the proud attitude of a sovereign and independent Republic, which will impose upon us the obligation of evincing to the world that we are worthy to be free. This will only be accomplished by wise legislation, the maintenance of our integrity, and the faithful and just redemption of our plighted faith wherever it has been pledged.
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James Howard Kunstler
American Author
The newspaper headlines may shout about global warming, extinctions of living species, the devastation of rain forests, and other worldwide catastrophes, but Americans evince a striking complacency when it comes to their everyday environment and the growing calamity that it represents.
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Robert Toombs
American Politician
The instant the Government was organized, at the very first Congress, the Northern States evinced a general desire and purpose to use it for their own benefit, and to pervert its powers for sectional advantage, and they have steadily pursued that policy to this day.
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Julian Treasure
American
We all like to look good. However, this basic human desire can often get in the way of our listening and our speaking. This tendency often evinces itself in two simple words: 'I know.' But if I know everything, what can I learn? Absolutely nothing.
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Barry Gardiner
British Politician
Labour must evince a positive vision for the future of our country outside the E.U. One that is consistent with the leave voters' objectives, without sacrificing our rights and protections, as the Conservatives threaten to do.
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Philip Schaff
Swiss Theologian
The New Testament evinces its universal design in its very, style, which alone distinguishes it from all the literary productions of earlier and later times.
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Eric Alterman
American Writer
Americans have always evinced some distrust of government, but the current situation has exacerbated this to a degree that may be unprecedented.
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Neil Blumenthal
American Businessman
If faced with two competitive candidates, every company will hire the person who evinces more enthusiasm.
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Jane Austen
British Writer
I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.
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Helena Blavatsky
Russian Author
The whole order of nature evinces a progressive march towards a higher life.
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