Examples of evasive in a Sentence
She gave an evasive answer.
They took evasive action to avoid capture.
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At times during questioning by defense lawyers, Noelcius was evasive, declining to answer questions about his views of the president in early 2021.
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2026
Most are evasive, a few are obsequious, many are defiant, a few are enraged, and all appear to feel their lives slipping away under the seemingly boundless force of judicial inquisition.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2026
And Rubio was evasive when asked about Moscow and Beijing in the brief question-and-answer session.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
Three minutes of comedy chasing and evasive action ensued before play resumed, only for the four-legged fiend to return to wreak more havoc than the home attack had previously shown.
—Craig Chisnall, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2026
Most are evasive, a few are obsequious, many are defiant, a few are enraged, and all appear to feel their lives slipping away under the seemingly boundless force of judicial inquisition.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2026
And Rubio was evasive when asked about Moscow and Beijing in the brief question-and-answer session.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
Three minutes of comedy chasing and evasive action ensued before play resumed, only for the four-legged fiend to return to wreak more havoc than the home attack had previously shown.
—Craig Chisnall, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
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“Evasive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evasive. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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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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