How to Use evolve in a Sentence

evolve

verb
  • Her company has evolved from a hobby into a thriving business.
  • Some flowers have evolved remarkable means of insect pollination.
  • Here's how the word has evolved.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 7 Nov. 2025
  • It’s just grown and evolved over time.
    Gina Vaynshteyn, StyleCaster, 10 Apr. 2026
  • She is just not evolved enough to think that way.
    Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
  • In the process, new jobs emerge and economies adapt and evolve.
    Samantha Subin, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
  • As the code words evolve, the goal posts move right along with them.
    Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 29 June 2021
  • But the story changed and evolve.
    Demetrius Patterson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
  • But how to get those systems to evolve?
    Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • And how has athlete style evolved?
    Darian Symoné Harvin, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
  • How did this opening scene evolve?
    Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
  • How else will this evolve in the coming weeks?
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Things evolve fast here in the world of college sports.
    Payton Titus, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Ukraine’s naval drones are evolving again.
    David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • Your music sings and grows and evolves right along with life.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Saru had to learn to shed his species' innate fear to evolve.
    Kate Cox, Ars Technica, 15 Oct. 2020
  • My leg burned from snake proteins that had evolved to cause pain.
    Kyle Dickman, Outside Online, 20 June 2018
  • Leaders need to plan for how tools grow and evolve over time.
    Cory McNeley, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The faster it is deployed, the less time the virus has to evolve.
    Melody Schreiber, The New Republic, 22 Dec. 2020
  • As dress codes have evolved over the years, so too have our footwear choices.
    India Roby, Glamour, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The way Chalet evolves throughout the day is what sold me.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Soon the song evolved into a daisy chain of solos.
    Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Laughter evolved as a form of play in mammals.
    Robert Lynch, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • That's lost time in a non-election year for a new host to evolve their style.
    Darren Franich, EW.com, 9 Dec. 2022
  • What was the seed that evolved into this novel?
    Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
  • It’s evolved in a lot of different ways.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2025
  • But over the last three years the menu has continued to evolve.
    Michael Bauer, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2018
  • As denim has evolved, the price tag has increased.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 8 Feb. 2026
  • How will the juiced, free-thinking hive mind of Bruce evolve?
    Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2026
  • How did the look of the masks evolve over the course of production?
    Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2022

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