Examples of evasive in a Sentence
She gave an evasive answer.
They took evasive action to avoid capture.
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The columnist also asked Rosen if the team regrets celebrating their latest World Series championship at the White House with President Donald Trump, and Rosen doubled down on the team's evasive stance.
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Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 June 2025
On Monday, the agency received a tip from a group of hikers of a man who appeared evasive and unprepared near the Ingalls Creek and Valley High areas late Monday night, according to the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO).
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 11 June 2025
Alex Cooper, center, and her dancers rehearse a production number in Call Her Alex Disney
The biographical portions can feel evasive—weirdly so, considering that messiness and candor are central to Cooper’s brand—often swerving away from uncomfortable topics.
—Judy Berman, Time, 10 June 2025
And its nocturnal foraging habits mean better evasive skills against carnivorous predators, including the human kind.
—Bronwyn Thompson, New Atlas, 25 May 2025
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Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 June 2025
On Monday, the agency received a tip from a group of hikers of a man who appeared evasive and unprepared near the Ingalls Creek and Valley High areas late Monday night, according to the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO).
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 11 June 2025
Alex Cooper, center, and her dancers rehearse a production number in Call Her Alex Disney
The biographical portions can feel evasive—weirdly so, considering that messiness and candor are central to Cooper’s brand—often swerving away from uncomfortable topics.
—Judy Berman, Time, 10 June 2025
And its nocturnal foraging habits mean better evasive skills against carnivorous predators, including the human kind.
—Bronwyn Thompson, New Atlas, 25 May 2025
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“Evasive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evasive. Accessed 19 Jun. 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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