How to Use evade in a Sentence

evade

verb
Definition of evadenext
Synonyms for evadenext
  • The criminals have so far managed to evade the police.
  • The governor has been accused of evading the issue.
  • The same racialised and gendered stereotypes Tina used rock to evade were used to make fun of her.
    — Taylor Crumpton, refinery29.com, 26 May 2023
  • Those fine particles evade most masks and can lodge in lungs.
    — Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 30 June 2023
  • Gillespie was able to evade capture and is still considered to be at large.
    — Laura A. Bischoff, The Courier-Journal, 26 May 2023
  • The troopers and a K9 then attempted to detain Wing, who bit the dog in his efforts to evade arrest.
    — Landon Mion, Fox News, 9 July 2023
  • Many others who have sought to evade Russian military service have been caught and sent to the Ukraine front.
    — Markus Ziener, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The big picture can evade you as the moon conflicts with Mercury retrograde.
    — USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2023
  • For most of the film, Naya is camera-shy, somehow evading the hundreds of cameras that have been set up to view her.
    — Sebastian Mulder, The New Yorker, 12 July 2023
  • Stoodley fled the scene and managed to evade arrest until Wednesday.
    — Warren Kulo | Wkulo@al.com, al, 4 May 2023
  • On third-and-3, Milroe scrambled for a first down after evading the rush.
    — Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Haim Peri, a long-time peace activist, fended off the attackers long enough for his wife to hide, evading capture.
    — Isabel Coles, WSJ, 26 Nov. 2023
  • The deputy was allegedly struck by the vehicle as the two suspects tried to evade authorities.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Reports that the New York artist had attempted to leave the country on a private jet in order to evade police have not been confirmed.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2023
  • That could make new mobilizations for its war in Ukraine more efficient – and much harder to evade.
    — Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 May 2023
  • Casillas was indicted on the evading arrest charge about a week before the shooting.
    — Kelli Smith, Dallas News, 1 May 2023
  • This agility is a key aspect of their survival, aiding them in both hunting and evading predators.
    — Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The ministry continued to evade any direct discussion with me.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Mesa police spokesperson Detective Richard Encinas said Williams cut his beard and hair to evade arrest.
    — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 6 Apr. 2023
  • The Premier League’s premier provider was able to pick out his teammate with a low cross from the corner and Stones evaded his defender to squeeze the ball into the Liverpool net.
    — Thomas Schlachter, CNN, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Creatures accustomed to evading the tread of a human foot were taken by speed and surprise and ground into paste.
    — Timothy Farrington, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Trading in natural resources gives Wagner, and Russia, a way to evade sanctions put in place since the start of the war in Ukraine last February.
    — Gabe Joselow, NBC news, 1 June 2023
  • The two men evaded law enforcement for 36 hours before they were found and arrested in the Twin Falls area on March 21, according to state police.
    — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Police told the outlet that the man jumped out of the first cart, ran to the front of the facility's garage, then hopped onto another cart to evade following officers.
    — Christina Coulter, Fox News, 25 Dec. 2023
  • Zamudio, who police say was the getaway driver, was charged with evading.
    — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2023
  • One of their more notable recent creations — a video in which Black, as Super Mario, emerges from a pipe and evades lava in his backyard — was shot spur of the moment after Stephens texted him.
    — Jeff Gage, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
  • After finally making it to shore, the desperate passengers try to evade police and a few manage to get away.
    — Ed Meza, Variety, 15 Feb. 2024
  • One that evades both chaos and the wretched trap of monolithic power by kings or priesthoods … or corporate oligarchs … or Skynet monsters.
    — WIRED, 6 July 2023
  • When evading a professional pass rusher, the only practice is to play.
    — Jimmy Watkins, cleveland, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Time is a notorious trickster, evading the best efforts of scientists to pin it down for thousands of years.
    — WIRED, 27 Sep. 2023

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