How to Use evident in a Sentence

evident

adjective
  • She spoke with evident anguish about the death of her son.
  • The problems have been evident for quite some time.
  • The Shohei craze was evident this week at the Dodgers team store.
    Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2023
  • It’s been evident for weeks that the Dodgers would be running out the clock over the last month of the season.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The secrecy of the compound was evident in the wake of Medeiros’ death.
    Guthrie Scrimgeour, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2023
  • That split was evident in the days leading up to the hearing.
    Grace Segers, The New Republic, 13 July 2023
  • The gas odor was evident downtown for hours after the blast.
    S.e. Jenkins, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Tate’s love of Grapevine Tate’s love of his hometown is evident in every turn of the page in his book.
    Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Feb. 2024
  • No remnants of the munition that caused the blast were evident in the images.
    Imogen Piper, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2023
  • This is evident in the widescale tech and media layoffs that occurred over the past year.
    Devika Rao, The Week, 31 July 2023
  • That demand is evident by the three years’ worth of full order rolls.
    Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 21 Feb. 2024
  • What had changed by Aug. 27 that wasn’t evident in the spring, before the transfer portal closed?
    Jon Wilner | Bay Area News Group, oregonlive, 28 Aug. 2023
  • In a passing league, the answers are kind of evident sometimes.
    Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Jan. 2024
  • That kind of jump isn’t so evident in a game like Resident Evil 4.
    WIRED, 26 Sep. 2023
  • The tension in Jabeur became more and more evident, and her errors began to mount.
    Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 15 July 2023
  • His poise, however, has been evident for most of the season.
    Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2024
  • Horticulture is evident here and there around the camp, with squash and bean plants peeking over tents.
    Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Taylor Swift needs no coaching Kelce’s love for her sons is evident, as is her love for the game that has brought them so much success.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN, 8 Feb. 2024
  • As should be evident by now, neither the U.S. nor Iran is in full control of either their allies or events.
    Marc Champion, Twin Cities, 21 Jan. 2024
  • As Fourth of July festivities wind down across the country, the impact of the holiday may be evident in the sky in some of the 50 states.
    Kate Perez, USA TODAY, 5 July 2023
  • Experts added that the damage isn’t always evident right away and can emerge a few hours or days after looking at the sun.
    Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Your training and guidance were evident throughout the week.
    Town & Country, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The link between this observation and the gamma-ray burst event wasn’t evident at first.
    Dhananjay Khadilkar, Ars Technica, 17 Nov. 2023
  • This mindset, and her desire to change it, has been evident in Pla’s decade-plus career as an author.
    Seth Combs, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2023
  • The damage is evident by yellowing and browning leaves, but these insects will not kill a shrub on their own.
    Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 16 Mar. 2024
  • This, Long said, was evident by the sheer number of people who came out to her vigil at the intersection where she was killed.
    Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 8 Apr. 2024
  • This truth is more evident now than ever, with the world's collective gaze fixed on the events unfolding in the Middle East and elsewhere.
    Leeza Hoyt, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Bayern adheres to Reinheitsgebot, the German Law of Purity of 1516, and the care is evident in the full range of styles available at the pub.
    oregonlive, 22 July 2023
  • The consequences of that were evident when this year’s flooding began.
    Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
  • This was evident in the live eagle camera when Jackie wouldn’t budge from the nest from the afternoon of Feb. 5 until the morning of Feb. 7, the nonprofit said.
    Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 7 Feb. 2024

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