Examples of evasive in a Sentence
She gave an evasive answer.
They took evasive action to avoid capture.
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Waldock and Cox both saw that as a clear evasive maneuver by the American Airlines pilot.
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Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2025
Investigators did not say whether that change in angle meant that pilots were trying to perform an evasive maneuver to avoid the crash.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2025
Hundreds of incidents since 2015 are detailed on the NASA database in which pilots have said they were forced to take evasive action to avoid collision with another aircraft or helicopter when trying to land or depart from the country's busiest airports.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2025
Las Vegas, where nearly 60 million travelers pass through the airport every year, counted more than 40 reports of evasive action in the ASRS database over the last decade.
—Casey Tolan, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
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Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2025
Investigators did not say whether that change in angle meant that pilots were trying to perform an evasive maneuver to avoid the crash.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2025
Hundreds of incidents since 2015 are detailed on the NASA database in which pilots have said they were forced to take evasive action to avoid collision with another aircraft or helicopter when trying to land or depart from the country's busiest airports.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2025
Las Vegas, where nearly 60 million travelers pass through the airport every year, counted more than 40 reports of evasive action in the ASRS database over the last decade.
—Casey Tolan, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
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“Evasive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evasive. Accessed 21 Feb. 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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