How to Use evade in a Sentence
evade
verb- The criminals have so far managed to evade the police.
- The governor has been accused of evading the issue.
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Lunch meats are one of those things that often evade clean-outs.
—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 4 Feb. 2026
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But Moscow has found ways to evade these.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
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It was not designed to out-turn its rivals or evade radar.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 26 June 2026
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Those fine particles evade most masks and can lodge in lungs.
—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 30 June 2023
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If there's that one white whale item that's been evading you, these are the places to find it.
—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 12 July 2024
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Song evaded capture for two weeks.
—Kevin Krause, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026
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No one should be able to evade justice by crossing a border.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
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The first is that the virus is likely to evade vaccines to some extent.
—Kristen V. Brown, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Dec. 2021
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The penalty for conspiring to evade the law was up to two years in prison.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
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The big plays evaded the Eagles both through the air and on the ground.
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
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He was also charged with evading arrest the same day.
—Katey Psencik, Austin American Statesman, 11 Feb. 2026
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My muscles on fire with tension, sleep evaded me.
—Literary Hub, 15 May 2026
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While your body is prepared to evade or face threats, muscles can become tense.
—Angela Ryan Lee, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2025
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Now, some board members would do anything to evade the gaze of their constituents.
—Hannah Natanson, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Mar. 2023
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Fake ambulances have even been used to evade checkpoints.
—ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
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Fake ambulances have even been used to evade checkpoints.
—CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
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For this enigmatic bird, storms aren’t a threat to evade but a ticket to their next meal.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
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To evade the Jeep, the driver turned onto Roe.
—Robert A. Cronkleton march 25, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2026
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Gillespie was able to evade capture and is still considered to be at large.
—Laura A. Bischoff, The Courier-Journal, 26 May 2023
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City did not seek to evade or circumvent it with grand tactical plots.
—Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
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In one of the contests, the falcons race to catch pigeons that have been trained all year to evade them.
—Erin Schaff Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2022
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The other boy swam across a canal to evade officers, the Tweet said.
—Angie Dimichele, sun-sentinel.com, 4 Apr. 2022
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Minions have now evaded Wendy's.
—Bianca Harris, USA Today, 15 June 2026
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The cells are said to be able to evade any immune system response that would reject them.
—Amiah Taylor, Fortune, 18 Jan. 2022
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Lennon evaded capture for 13 years.
—Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
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Police said there’s a third suspect still at large who managed to evade police on a small boat.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
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Its small oval leaves cling to stems that hug the ground, forming a dense mat of foliage that can evade mower blades.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2025
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Does this mean Daisy has evaded their discovery?
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 13 May 2026
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