How to Use dodge in a Sentence

dodge

1 of 2 noun

• It was just another dodge to get out of working.
• Such dodges work only with the connivance of the courts.
  — The Economist, 5 Oct. 2019
• So the passive can be clear and the active can be a dodge.
  — The Economist, 24 May 2018
• Any good heir and heiress worth their salt knows how and when to get out of dodge.
  — Emily Jane Fox, The Hive, 20 June 2017
• Older kids can check out the dodge ball courts and there’s an area for kids 4 years and younger.
  — Wendy Killeen, azcentral, 24 May 2018
• That’s the old I’m-not-a-racist-but-everyone-else-is dodge.
  — Carolyn Hax, idahostatesman, 4 June 2017
• That's the old I'm-not-a-racist-but-everyone-else-is dodge.
  — Carolyn Hax, Philly.com, 5 June 2017
• Then came the duck and dodge slip away from a sack that turned into a 20-yard scamper.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 2 Aug. 2023
• Then came the duck-and-dodge slip away from a sack that turned into a 20-yard scamper.
  — Jim Vertuno, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2022
• It was learned a boy, 5, had wandered onto an adult dodge-ball court and got hit in the face.
  — Andy Attina / Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 21 Feb. 2018
• This is a dodge, so Mr. Biden doesn’t have to commit either way.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2020
• But Trump and his conspirators are experts by now at the art of the dodge.
  — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 1 July 2021
• GaGa pits are used to play GaGa Ball, which is a less physical form of dodge ball.
  — Michelle Iracheta, Houston Chronicle, 6 June 2018
• Of course, hackers might well come up with a new dodge that evades Mykonos's software.
  — Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 26 Jan. 2012
• Han responds with a clunky CGI dodge, then fires at Greedo.
  — Alex Horton, Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2019
• This dodge violates the App Store’s rules, hence the expulsion.
  — The Economist, 22 Aug. 2020
• Here's his latest piece on the loss harvesting tax dodge that could go the way of the Dodo bird, so use it now.
  — Diane Brady, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2022
• Even the tax experts are scratching their heads about Trump's dodge in wording.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 23 Oct. 2020
• Actress Alexandra Shipp is ready to get out of dodge this summer.
  — Kathleen Hou, The Cut, 29 May 2018
• Like a kid evading a dodge ball, squirrels will dart back and forth to confound a predator.
  — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 10 Oct. 2017
• These let the ACM issue 7,000 pounds of force to get the command module out of dodge at a moment's notice.
  — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 28 Apr. 2017
• Keay approved of the homespun hiding place for what amounts to the crown jewels of the crown jewels as a proven dodge against would-be thieves.
  — Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2018
• Four teens then jump out of the smoking car, run and dodge traffic to get to the other side of the road where state troopers were waiting.
  — Fox News, 7 Aug. 2022
• Officers reviewed video from the bank and could see a black dodge follow the victim from the parking lot.
  — Houston Chronicle, 28 Oct. 2019
• And the Solar Carve office building along the High Line dodges and twists to keep from blocking daylight.
  — Curbed, 25 Apr. 2023
• Please, somehow, save this fraudulent tax-dodge of a system from the U.S. Supreme Court.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 11 May 2022
• If the Nittany Lions have success with perimeter dodges, O'Keefe will get chances to score.
  — Quint Kessenich, baltimoresun.com, 12 May 2017
• Sometimes, like with Matthew’s last-minute dodge of South Florida, luck goes our way.
  — Brett Clarkson, Sun-Sentinel.com, 26 May 2017
• Following directly behind the victim was the same black dodge from the bank.
  — Houston Chronicle, 28 Oct. 2019
• The absence of money issues for a couple who clearly aren’t swimming in it feels like a dodge.
  — Nina Metz, chicagotribune.com, 24 Sep. 2021

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dodge

2 of 2 verb

• He dodged the first punch but was hit by the second.
• We dodged between the cars as we raced across the street.
• She dodged through the crowds as she hurried home.
• They managed to dodge the reporters by leaving through the back exit.
• She accused him of dodging his responsibilities as a parent.
• Plus employees aren’t dodging work to kick their feet up for the rest of the day.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 25 July 2023
• The senior pitcher could have dodged to the third base side of the rubber but stood her ground.
  — Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2023
• Elsewhere in the video, Styles dodges knives, takes in the aerialists and juggles.
  — Mckinley Franklin, Variety, 19 July 2023
• The man hoping to dodge a repeat and find the humor as Emmys host?
  — Tim Balk, Twin Cities, 15 Jan. 2024
• But Diogo Seixas’ full-court heave was wide left, and the Aztecs had dodged what would have been their worst loss in many, many moons.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Jan. 2024
• Viano dodged the bullets and returned fire, killing the suspect.
  — Pilar Arias, Fox News, 19 Mar. 2023
• The song, and the dance, felt apt: Madonna may have dodged fate only very recently.
  — Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 14 Dec. 2023
• The stakes could not be more significant—not to win, but to dodge a faceplant.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 23 Aug. 2023
• Come up with the name of a charge for this unusual attempt at DUI dodging.
  — The Week Staff, The Week, 26 May 2023
• But the animals were smart enough to dodge the catch-and-release traps Barbeau set up in her yard.
  — Austindedios, oregonlive, 24 Aug. 2023
• Raisa also dodged questions from TMZ about the status of their friendship in May.
  — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 27 July 2023
• In a briefing with reporters, Khan dodged questions of whether that will happen.
  — Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2023
• In a briefing with reporters, Ms. Khan dodged questions of whether that will happen.
  — Haleluya Hadero, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Sep. 2023
• After the sentencing, Kristin and her aunt Claudia dodged reporters and hustled across the street, to the office of Kristin’s lawyer.
  — Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
• Tons of cyclists had to dodge and weave because that moped driver was taking up both lanes.
  — John Surico, Curbed, 16 Oct. 2023
• And yet, some still have managed to dodge the virus, or at least haven’t tested positive yet.
  — Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Mar. 2023
• In the sixth inning, Turnbull dodged a comebacker from Kiké Hernández and felt pain in his neck.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 12 May 2023
• People with robust immune systems have so far been able to dodge the threat.
  — Jennifer Latner, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2023
• But the plaintiff who started it all is now trying to dodge High Court review by claiming her case is moot.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 7 Aug. 2023
• Johnson, who is white, dodged an expulsion by one vote.
  — Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2023
• It’s got so much going for it but dodges away from total commitment.
  — Vulture, 21 Nov. 2023
• Despite the need to perpetually dodge streams of infant pee, however, life is good for the guy in the scaly, green-and-gold suit.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2023
• Bud got to circling, working out of the shell and dodging each hefty attempt from David’s while piecing him up inside.
  — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2023
• Imagine a child sneaking candy to dodge strict parents.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2023
• But while Canan has to dodge chunks of falling plaster at work the ceiling is also falling in, so to speak, in her personal life.
  — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 18 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024