How to Use evasive in a Sentence
evasive
adjective
- They took evasive action to avoid capture.
- She gave an evasive answer.
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But in the second part, that wily and evasive Durst is gone.
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Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Apr. 2024
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Roberts got his fourth touchdown on an evasive 23-yard dash to the end zone.
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Sean Collins,
Dallas News,
24 Dec. 2020
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The Sox have been oddly evasive when asked about his progress.
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BostonGlobe.com,
2 May 2021
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But he's not been evasive when it was brought to light, and he's faced it squarely.
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NBC News,
11 Oct. 2020
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The shark tried to make a swift evasive move right before the collision.
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Anthony Robledo,
USA TODAY,
26 July 2024
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So an even more evasive form of XBB.1.5 could be showing up soon.
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Jonathan Wolfe,
New York Times,
11 Jan. 2023
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Wilder will be more cautious, more evasive and smarter.
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Anthony Stitt,
Forbes,
7 Oct. 2021
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That’s a very short amount of time to plan an evasive maneuver.
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Eric MacK,
Forbes,
15 July 2022
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Asked about the brawl in his press conference, Mullen was evasive.
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Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com,
al,
1 Nov. 2020
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The somewhat evasive answer to that question, at least for now, is that a shot is still a shot.
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Gregory Barber,
Wired,
5 Feb. 2021
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For a while, jabs in the arm were enough, but then came the vaccine-evasive Omicron variant late last year.
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Grady McGregor,
Fortune,
17 Sep. 2022
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Most were evasive when asked about the planning efforts or the trip leader.
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Fox News,
7 May 2021
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To do so is the real work—and pleasure—of reading this subtle and evasive book.
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Sarah Chihaya,
The Atlantic,
26 Sep. 2022
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When asked if Gilmore was in Foxboro, Belichick was evasive in his answer.
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Mark Daniels,
USA TODAY,
14 June 2021
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Tafolla said Yeng grew evasive around the end of 2018 about plans to move forward with the company.
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San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Oct. 2019
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The problem with it may be simpler, more evasive of review.
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Cecilia D'anastasio,
Wired,
19 Nov. 2021
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In order to avoid a collision, the U.S. craft was forced to take evasive action.
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Fox News,
29 Dec. 2022
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Neither was damaged and no sailors were hurt as a result of the evasive actions.
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Matt Seyler,
ABC News,
1 Dec. 2022
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Both Portillo's and Andiamo were evasive when asked about the plans.
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Susan Selasky,
Detroit Free Press,
20 Feb. 2020
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If your husband continues to be evasive, talk to a lawyer.
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Annie Lane,
oregonlive,
27 July 2022
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The man drove at the deputy, who was able to take an evasive backward maneuver to avoid a collision.
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Cathy Kozlowicz,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
1 July 2020
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But consistency on both sides of the ball proved evasive.
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Mike Jones,
USA TODAY,
21 Sep. 2020
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The evasive reptile was neither a python nor from Australia.
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Washington Post,
2 July 2021
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When the singer was evasive when answering questions about the girl in the video, Jane Doe became afraid she had been murdered.
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Halle Kiefer,
Vulture,
28 May 2021
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Despite jamming and evasive maneuvers, the base radar is able to track the hostiles.
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David Szondy,
New Atlas,
7 Aug. 2024
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To that end, there’s an evasive quality to the characters that sometimes gets the better of Tejera.
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Vulture,
1 Aug. 2023
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The police found her evasive, and her name was not known publicly until decades later.
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New York Times,
22 May 2021
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To keep going after an evasive answer by asking the same question six ways from Sunday means throwing out much else of import on the docket, thus doing voters a disservice by limiting the scope of the debate.
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The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Sep. 2024
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