How to Use fugitive in a Sentence

fugitive

1 of 2 adjective

• As he daydreamed, fugitive thoughts passed through his mind.
• The city's fugitive task force is searching for the two suspects who are still at large.
  — Julia Bonavita , Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2025
• Brown has returned to work in the agency’s fugitive warrants unit.
  — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Dec. 2025
• The fugitive father has been missing for nearly three months.
  — Megan Forrester, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2025
• This was a fugitive sensibility with a shroud of shame around it.
  — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
• There was a fugitive thrill in seeing a playwright, of all people, get rich and famous.
  — Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2025
• But sources have described the project as a fugitive thriller set during Halloween.
  — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2025
• Many of the fugitive inmates were captured within weeks of their escape.
  — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
• That prompted the fugitive task force to come to the hotel to keep eyes on the car, Wedding said.
  — Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 11 May 2022
• The fugitive hunters hit the streets and quickly started gathering leads.
  — Michael Balsamo, Anchorage Daily News, 11 May 2022
• The plot is as well, though sources have described the project as a fugitive thriller set during Halloween.
  — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2025
• But here was a fugitive love story, a romance, one sure to boost the antislavery cause.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 5 Jan. 2023
• But finally, fugitive hunters were closing in.
  — Will Richmond, The Providence Journal, 8 Apr. 2026
• Woolfolk said the city’s fugitive unit is now working to apprehend Howard.
  — Chelsea Prince, ajc, 28 Jan. 2022
• This is, above all, a remarkable tale of African fugitive politics.
  — Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025
• The city also points out fugitive dust particulate from truck traffic.
  — Carrie Napoleon, chicagotribune.com, 25 Feb. 2022
• She was arrested on a fugitive warrant in connection with the out-of-state homicide.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2022
• Settlements were named to convey their fugitive origins.
  — Laurent Dubois, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
• One woman is a fugitive freedom fighter, the other an outcast bounty hunter.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 13 June 2022
• Records showed he was being held on a fugitive detainer from Cook County.
  — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
• For most of Wednesday night, one of their tenants stood in the backyard with a gun, watching for the fugitive shooter.
  — Robert Klemko, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2023
• The fugitive mood breaks when the cocaine runs out and Tamsin must wait a day for Ekow to make his delivery.
  — Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
• An Arkansas judge has issued a fugitive warrant for his arrest.
  — Savannaheadens, oregonlive, 19 Apr. 2023
• The fugitive slave kneels behind him, perhaps pausing from adjusting the costume.
  — New York Times, 26 Jan. 2022
• The fugitive cruise ship is connected to a massive corporate bankruptcy on the other side of the world.
  — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2022
• Only fugitive basket cairns mark the sketchy route that descends to reconnect with the Ridge Trail.
  — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 12 Nov. 2022
• The department’s fugitive unit is pursing leads in hopes of finding Barkley, officials said.
  — Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2024
• As the fugitive car careered along the narrow road, the passenger started heaving out hindquarters of venison.
  — Dave Duffey, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2026
• Norman believed Hamley was a fugitive searching for a gun, but Hamley had toy balls in his pocket.
  — Teresa Moss, Arkansas Online, 19 Mar. 2022
• In the midst of great tidal surges of information, reality itself begins to feel fugitive.
  — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2023

fugitive

2 of 2 noun

• They discovered that he was a fugitive of the law.
• Low remains an at-large fugitive.
  — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
• They’re believed to still be fugitives.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025
• She is feared drowned or a fugitive on the run for her husband’s murder.
  — Jaden Thompson, Variety, 2 Oct. 2023
• Lane Kiffin looked like a fugitive.
  — Chris Smith, Vanity Fair, 11 May 2026
• The manhunt for the 33-year-old fugitive has reached three months.
  — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
• Most [Wanted] fugitives on our board.
  — Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 23 Jan. 2026
• The warrant was issued at the end of last month and it’s not yet known if the fugitive was found.
  — Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
• Some women paid a high price, landing in prison for abetting his life as a fugitive.
  — Gaia Pianigiani, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2023
• Nineteen of those charged were already in custody and two are fugitives.
  — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
• And above all, the fugitives should pay for all expenses incurred.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2025
• He is being held without bond due to his status as an out-of-state fugitive, jail records show.
  — Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
• The jail also lists him as a fugitive out of Alabama with no bond.
  — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 3 May 2023
• The fourth officer is a fugitive and is believed to have fled the country.
  — Olga R. Rodriguez, ajc, 16 Feb. 2023
• Barrow fired a machine gun at the prison to distract from the running fugitives.
  — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Oct. 2025
• The fugitive, who is wanted by the FBI, hasn’t been seen since.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2023
• Cloud and the gang have escaped Midgar as fugitives and are now on the hunt for Sephiroth.
  — Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 22 Feb. 2024
• The curse of undeath takes each of the fugitives, one by one, until only one is left alive and still human.
  — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 13 May 2026
• The other defendants are still in Venezuela or are fugitives.
  — Jay Weaver january 8, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
• Students left the seminary en masse and continued with their schools and their aid to fugitives.
  — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 July 2026
• Harlow last year was arrested after two months at-large as a wanted fugitive.
  — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
• But the officer ignored the fugitive, reached in, and pulled his colleague out of the water.
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 9 Feb. 2023
• The law is hot on the fugitive's trail, investigating the scene of her crimes at the boarding school.
  — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2023
• The fugitive claimed to have survived on the run, in part, by eating watermelon.
  — Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2023
• She was also charged with concealing and aiding a fugitive, but that charge was later dropped.
  — Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
• Two co-defendants have pleaded guilty, two still face trial, and one remains a fugitive.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2023
• The celebrity fugitives must stay out of sight for five days, without modern conveniences.
  — Ed Meza, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
• This is somebody who's a fugitive and desperately trying to get away.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 16 Nov. 2023
• The baby’s father, Tariq Williams, is now in custody as a fugitive, the post said.
  — Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 26 Nov. 2025
• Especially when the fugitive in question may still be worth billions.
  — Jennifer Gould, Air Mail, 30 May 2026