Examples of evasive in a Sentence
Chloe Berger, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2024
So the documentary is imbalanced between its first and second halves and the second half is imbalanced between the perspective of an evasive on-camera subject and an absent secondary subject.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2024
Those fears are driving some draft-eligible men to take evasive steps.
—Siobhán O'Grady, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024
Threat actors use evasive and adaptive techniques to breach vulnerable threat surfaces and spread, virtually unfettered, across the network in search of targets before delivering their payload.
—Brian Spanswick, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
But thankfully the pilot of the private plane took evasive action, avoiding a crash.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2023
The response struck even his defenders as awkward and evasive.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2024
Prosecutors allege the filing of that year’s tax returns for both Biden and his business, Owasco PC, was fraudulent and evasive.
—Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2023
He has been slammed for his shaky demeanor and evasive responses.
—Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2024
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“Evasive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evasive. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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evasive
adjective
Legal Definition
evasive
adjective
Note: Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(a)(4), an evasive or incomplete answer to an interrogatory or to a question at a deposition is treated as a failure to answer and may be subject to an opponent's motion to compel an answer.
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