How to Use evasive in a Sentence

evasive

adjective

• They took evasive action to avoid capture.
• She gave an evasive answer.
• The car did not appear to brake or take any other evasive action.
  — Russ Mitchell, latimes.com, 22 Mar. 2018
• Anyone who’s tried to kill a cockroach knows that the ancient pests have some world-class evasive maneuvers.
  — Douglas Quenqua, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2018
• In the land of a thousand centers, truth proved evasive once again at Oracle Arena.
  — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Apr. 2018
• Not intending to be evasive, simply there is no clear answer given the information at hand.
  — Staff Reports, charlotteobserver, 17 Apr. 2018
• An evasive steering assist that helps guide a driver’s inputs to avoid stationary obstacles in front of the car will also be available.
  — Gary Gastelu, Fox News, 10 Apr. 2018
• If all drones were equipped with anti-collision tech, the statement argues, commercial planes could take necessary evasive actions.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2018
• Often, leaders who hate conflict will either avoid these conversations or be evasive when discussing performance.
  — Roberta Matuson, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
• Uncooperative and seemingly evasive, the boy, who says his name is Jefferson Joseph, rests his head between his clenched fists.
  — Jacqueline Charles, miamiherald, 25 Dec. 2017
• That next fight comes in Korea for that evasive Olympic gold, and the veterans know that this is the perfect opportunity to continue to spread their message of change.
  — Michael Blinn, SI.com, 10 Feb. 2018
• The Camaro driver made some evasive maneuvers, but, to Skinner, this behavior did not qualify as probable cause for a traffic stop.
  — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2018
• Tom Brady and coach Bill Belichick were predictably evasive about the quarterback’s hand injury in Friday’s interviews.
  — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Jan. 2018
• But in the second part, that wily and evasive Durst is gone.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Apr. 2024
• Roberts got his fourth touchdown on an evasive 23-yard dash to the end zone.
  — Sean Collins, Dallas News, 24 Dec. 2020
• The Sox have been oddly evasive when asked about his progress.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2021
• But he's not been evasive when it was brought to light, and he's faced it squarely.
  — NBC News, 11 Oct. 2020
• The shark tried to make a swift evasive move right before the collision.
  — Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 26 July 2024
• So an even more evasive form of XBB.1.5 could be showing up soon.
  — Jonathan Wolfe, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2023
• Wilder will be more cautious, more evasive and smarter.
  — Anthony Stitt, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2021
• That’s a very short amount of time to plan an evasive maneuver.
  — Eric MacK, Forbes, 15 July 2022
• Asked about the brawl in his press conference, Mullen was evasive.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 1 Nov. 2020
• The somewhat evasive answer to that question, at least for now, is that a shot is still a shot.
  — Gregory Barber, Wired, 5 Feb. 2021
• For a while, jabs in the arm were enough, but then came the vaccine-evasive Omicron variant late last year.
  — Grady McGregor, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2022
• Most were evasive when asked about the planning efforts or the trip leader.
  — Fox News, 7 May 2021
• To do so is the real work—and pleasure—of reading this subtle and evasive book.
  — Sarah Chihaya, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2022
• When asked if Gilmore was in Foxboro, Belichick was evasive in his answer.
  — Mark Daniels, USA TODAY, 14 June 2021
• Tafolla said Yeng grew evasive around the end of 2018 about plans to move forward with the company.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Oct. 2019
• The problem with it may be simpler, more evasive of review.
  — Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 19 Nov. 2021
• Trump was on the defensive and evasive, even on issues that should benefit him – and didn’t land much, if anything, that stuck.
  — Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 11 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024