What is "eliciting"

Usage examples of "eliciting".

In her haste to escape, her hip roiled across his loins, eliciting a look of shock from the prostrate man.

Flumes of liquid mud spewed up around him, eliciting loud guffaws and hearty laughter from those on the wall.

That one faced away in obvious repugnance, eliciting the loud guffaws of the Hansa seamen.

My upper back hit the barred door that led out into the hallway, eliciting an instant flash of hot agony from my wounded shoulder.

Her nails became ugly, ragged talons, and she raked them down at Billy, striking him across the jaw, this time eliciting a pained yelp mixed with a snarl.

Grum whirled toward me halfway through, and I shot the gasoline into his eyes and nose, eliciting another scream.

The bird shook its head violently left and right, throwing Amara about like a puppet, until she slashed desperately at the base of the bird's thick neck, eliciting a brassy shriek and causing the bird to hurl her away from it.

He pulled her legs up and grabbed her sore ass, eliciting a half scream of pain.

Mike said, sitting up and slapping the still sleeping Daria on the rump and eliciting a yelp.

She stumbled over the unfamiliar word, eliciting several poorly concealed smirks of amusement and one scandalized gasp from a blue-haired woman.

A shower of orange blossoms tossed by cheering well-wishers enveloped them in a fragrant cloud, eliciting a flurry of sneezes and a reproachful glance from her new husband.

She shifted in her chair, eliciting a sleepy grunt of protest from Lucifer.

He forced his way closer, eliciting complaints from jostled sightseers.

Hub-hub darted in, legs twinkling, snick-snacked a double feint high and low with the big fighting arm, lashed out viciously with a pair of small pinchers, then struck with the big claw, eliciting a loud clang!

At each slit window, a chill breeze stroked the newly bare nape of her neck, eliciting a creepy feeling that she was being followed.