Examples of evident in a Sentence
She spoke with evident anguish about the death of her son.
The problems have been evident for quite some time.
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But the shortages were evident during an April reporting trip by NPR, and the State Department did not respond to multiple requests for additional details on what that $23 million is funding.
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Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 13 June 2026
That probably was evident from the wall-to-wall FIFA imagery at Kansas City International Airport, which by all indications is dressed up for the World Cup unlike any others in the United States.
—Kansas City Star, 13 June 2026
And the frustration has been evident from Bregman himself.
—Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
Change was already evident just since the first round event that was held in May.
—Christian Simmons, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2026
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Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 13 June 2026
That probably was evident from the wall-to-wall FIFA imagery at Kansas City International Airport, which by all indications is dressed up for the World Cup unlike any others in the United States.
—Kansas City Star, 13 June 2026
And the frustration has been evident from Bregman himself.
—Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
Change was already evident just since the first round event that was held in May.
—Christian Simmons, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2026
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“Evident.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evident. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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evident
adjective
ev·i·dent
ˈev-əd-ənt 
-ə-ˌdent
: clear to the sight or mind : plain
was evident that they were twins
Etymology
Middle English evident "clearly seen or understood," from early French evident (same meaning), from Latin evident-, evidens (same meaning), from e-, ex- "out, away" and vident-, videns, a form of vidēre "to see" — related to vision
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