Examples of evasive in a Sentence
She gave an evasive answer.
They took evasive action to avoid capture.
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The founder was evasive, the model was unfocused and the pressure was high to get into the deal.
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Shayne Fitz-Coy, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Lawson took evasive action and drove off the side of the road and crashed, sustaining injury.
—Stepheny Price , Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Alarms sounded in the cockpit of a Southwest Airlines jet shortly after taking off from Hollywood Burbank airport near Los Angeles on Friday, prompting evasive maneuvers, the airline said in a statement.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 25 July 2025
With Muñoz showing his cards, Aaron Judge was set up for a game-winning sac fly with the bases loaded and one away in the 10th.
Hit only 274 feet off Gabe Speier following a walk to Trent Grisham, Judge’s ball scored Anthony Volpe, who used an evasive slide to end the game.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 11 July 2025
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Shayne Fitz-Coy, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Lawson took evasive action and drove off the side of the road and crashed, sustaining injury.
—Stepheny Price , Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Alarms sounded in the cockpit of a Southwest Airlines jet shortly after taking off from Hollywood Burbank airport near Los Angeles on Friday, prompting evasive maneuvers, the airline said in a statement.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 25 July 2025
With Muñoz showing his cards, Aaron Judge was set up for a game-winning sac fly with the bases loaded and one away in the 10th.
Hit only 274 feet off Gabe Speier following a walk to Trent Grisham, Judge’s ball scored Anthony Volpe, who used an evasive slide to end the game.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 11 July 2025
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“Evasive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evasive. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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evasive
adjective
eva·sive
i-ˈvā-siv 
-ziv
: tending or meant to evade
gave an evasive answer
evasively
adverb
evasiveness
noun
Legal Definition
evasive
adjective
eva·sive
i-ˈvā-siv, -ziv
: tending or intending to evade
Note: Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(a)(4), an evasive or incomplete answer to an interrogatory or to a question at a deposition is treated as a failure to answer and may be subject to an opponent's motion to compel an answer.
evasively
adverb
evasiveness
noun
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