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evade as in:  evade the enemy

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  • They traveled at night to evade detection.
    evade = avoid
  • At dusk we move indoors to evade the mosquitoes.
    evade = get away from
  • He moved to Canada in the 1960s in order to evade being drafted into the armed services in the United States.
    evade = avoid
  • And her strategy has been to evade, not attack.   (source)
    evade = physically avoid or get away from
  • Mai tries to punch Hayden, but he easily evades her.   (source)
    evades = gets away from
  • But on approach, the Norden bombsight, not the pilot, flew the plane, so evasive action was impossible.   (source)
    evasive = avoiding attack
  • I hurried from the girls' locker room, pleased to find that I had successfully evaded my retriever friend for the moment.   (source)
    evaded = use cunning or dexterity to physically avoid
  • The men in his legions worshipped him not only for his courage and cunning but for his uncanny ability— to evade death even when facing appalling odds.   (source)
    evade = avoid capture or get away from
  • He wondered vaguely how many others like her there might be in the younger generation people who had grown up in the world of the Revolution, knowing nothing else, accepting the Party as something unalterable, like the sky, not rebelling against its authority but simply evading it, as a rabbit dodges a dog.   (source)
    evading = trying to avoid
  • He tries to evade the question, but in the end has to confess, for Kropp tells the same story.   (source)
    evade = avoid
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  • ...suddenly he caught her face between his two hands and kissed her, before really she could evade him.   (source)
    evade = get away from
  • When a prisoner of style escapes it's called an evasion.   (source)
    evasion = physically getting away
  • Certainly there was some deep meaning in it most worthy of interpretation, and which, as it were, streamed forth from the mystic symbol, subtly communicating itself to my sensibilities, but evading the analysis of my mind.   (source)
    evading = escaping
  • Amidst the wilds of Tartary and Russia, although he still evaded me, I have ever followed in his track.   (source)
    evaded = physically avoided or get away from
  • A plan that isn't motivated by the need for flight and evasion.   (source)
    evasion = avoidance (the process of avoiding being found)
  • Helene has followed me out of the mess hall, but the fog helps me evade her.   (source)
    evade = avoid capture or get away from
  • He fights recklessly, almost frenziedly, and I easily evade his assault.   (source)
  • I can hear cries of "To the lake! To the lake!" and know they hope to evade the wasps by taking to the water.   (source)
    evade = get away from
  • He could evade its pangs if he was quick-witted enough: it was chiefly when he showed stupidity that O'Brien pulled the lever.   (source)
    evade = avoid
  • --what it was he'd planned to do if the evasion worked all right...   (source)
    evasion = physically getting away
  • The first time I catched Tom private I asked him what was his idea, time of the evasion?   (source)
  • ...and we'll all evade together.   (source)
    evade = get away
  • Don't stop now; don't fool around here, and the evasion booming along so handsome; man the sweeps, and set her loose!   (source)
    evasion = physically getting away
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evade as in:  evade the question

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  • She evaded the questions skillfully.
  • Was there any way, any way at all, for her to evade this? Was there another story, or let's face it, another lie, that she'd overlooked?   (source)
    evade = avoid
  • "That's exactly the kind of topic Haymitch told me to steer clear of," I say evasively,   (source)
    evasively = in an attempt to avoid answering the question
  • There was no hint of evasion in Hayden's words.   (source)
    evasion = avoidance of telling the whole truth
  • So she resorted to evasive tactics. She'd tell Dad she hadn't cashed her paycheck yet, or she'd pretend...   (source)
    evasive = avoiding being honest and direct
  • McCandless was thrilled to be on his way north, and he was relieved as well, relieved that he had again evaded the impending threat of human intimacy, of friendship, and all the messy emotional baggage that comes with it.   (source)
    evaded = avoided
  • But personally, I think it's clear John Hammond is evading the law.   (source)
    evading = trying to avoid
  • Children are children, but they can spot an evasion quicker than adults,   (source)
    evasion = avoidance of telling the whole truth
  • His defeated name remained in bronze on the school record plaque, while Finny deliberately evaded an athletic honor.   (source)
    evaded = avoided
  • She is right about my evasiveness.   (source)
    evasiveness = trying to avoid answering a question
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  • HALE: ... There is too much evidence now to deny it. You will agree, sir?
    PROCTOR, evading: I—have no knowledge in that line.   (source)
  • "I thought we were past all the evasiveness," I grumbled.   (source)
    evasiveness = the act of trying to avoid answering questions candidly (with direct answers)
  • Expectations, evaluations, internal evasions
    Fly out of me like puddles of blood from a wound   (source)
    evasions = instances of avoiding responsibility or recognizing the whole truth
  • Which brings me back to my question—the one you so cleverly evaded.   (source)
    evaded = avoided or tried to avoid
  • Though he was cannily evasive on personal details, she was gathering information.   (source)
    evasive = tending to avoid answering questions candidly (with direct answers)
  • ...you are free to think or to evade that effort.   (source)
    evade = try to avoid
  • In no sense do I advocate evading or defying the law, as would the rabid segregationist.   (source)
    evading = trying to avoid
  • He had a weather-beaten face and dark eyes with a slightly evasive expression.   (source)
    evasive = avoiding being honest and direct
  • A little overwhelmed, I began the generalized evasions which that question deserves.   (source)
    evasions = instances of avoiding telling the whole truth
  • [when Paul falls down trying to go to the bathroom, but doesn't want to tell the nurse]
    "Have you been dreaming then?" she asks.
    "Perhaps—" I evade.   (source)
    evade = trying to avoid answering a question
  • "Aren't you ashamed of yourself?"
    "She hadn't any right to call me ugly and redheaded," retorted Anne, evasive and defiant.   (source)
    evasive = avoiding the question
  • ...he found Kemerer as respectful and evasive as ever.   (source)
    evasive = avoiding telling the whole truth
  • HEDDA: What sort of a man is your husband, Thea?  I mean--you know--in everyday life. Is he kind to you?
    MRS. ELVSTED: [Evasively.] I am sure he means well in everything.   (source)
    evasively = in a manner that avoids directly answering a question
  • Sir Thomas gave up the point, foiled by her evasions, disarmed by her flattery; and was obliged to rest satisfied with the conviction that where the present pleasure of those she loved was at stake, her kindness did sometimes overpower her judgment.   (source)
    evasions = instances of avoiding responsibility or recognizing the whole truth
  • She is not weepy or evasive, instead there's an urgency about her tone that surprises me.   (source)
    evasive = avoiding recognition of a difficult situation
  • PROCTOR, evading: This woman never thought she done the Devil's work.   (source)
    evading = trying to avoid answering a question
  • Jem's evasion told me our game was a secret, so I kept quiet.   (source)
    evasion = avoidance of telling the whole truth
  • Sitting in the leather chair of the jet, Gennaro thought about how evasive Hammond was.   (source)
    evasive = tending to avoid answering questions candidly (with direct answers)
  • MARY WARREN, evasively, looking at it: Why, I—I think it is mine.   (source)
    evasively = trying to avoid answering a question
  • Of course, if we could obtain examples of their dinosaurs, we could reverse engineer them and make our own, with enough modifications in the DNA to evade their patents.   (source)
    evade = avoid
  • ...and evasion simply muddles 'em.   (source)
    evasion = avoidance of telling the whole truth
  • A stubborn evasiveness. ... And, in the end, a complete refusal to deal with the situation that now faced the park.   (source)
    evasiveness = avoidance of a responsibility (in this case, not dealing with a difficult situation)
  • HALE: You cannot evade me, Abigail.   (source)
    evade = avoid answering
  • ELIZABETH, unable to restrain herself: ... I do think you are suspecting me somewhat? Are you not?
    HALE, obviously disturbed—and evasive: Goody Proctor, I do not judge you.   (source)
    evasive = avoiding telling the whole truth
  • "I don't know yet," she said evasively.   (source)
    evasively = in a manner that avoided answering directly
  • She did not try to evade responsibility for her error.
  • his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible
  • To be mature means to face, and not evade, every fresh crisis that comes.   (source)
  • As fast as laws are devised, their evasion is contrived.   (source)
  • Now Rogers' eyes evaded his.   (source)
    evaded = avoided
  • "What did you pick the cherry branches for?"
    "Surely I can pick cherry blossom if I want to!" he replied evasively—and after a while: "I have a big orchard with cherry trees at home."   (source)
    evasively = in a manner that avoids directly answering a question
  • BRACK: How do you mean, Mrs. Tesman?
    HEDDA: [Evasively.] Oh, nothing--nothing.   (source)
    evasively = in an attempt to avoid answering a question
  • BIFF [evasively]: I'm not hateful, Mom.   (source)
    evasively = trying to avoid answering a question
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  • Otherwise, I probably would have just evaded them by jumping to light speed.†   (source)
  • "He told me a story" I said evasively.†   (source)
  • After weeks in Chequamegon woods, Edgar felt sure that, able-bodied, they could evade any single pursuer.†   (source)
  • Maybe we needed to give shape to the opaque, deep-down pain that evades both sense and senses.†   (source)
  • That night, sleep evades him.†   (source)
  • "Well, I mean, not yet," Paul said evasively.†   (source)
  • Wes's body language was evasive.†   (source)
  • Marsha didn't trust the woman and was evasive when she made inquiries.†   (source)
  • "Uh, no," Rose says evasively, walking away from us and toward them.†   (source)
  • The local press was waiting for us outside security, but we managed to evade them thanks to Annabeth, who lured them away in her invisible Yankees cap, shouting, "They're over by the frozen yogurt!†   (source)
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  • I told Thomas we had to split up and I started the practiced evasive maneuvers, running in the patterns.†   (source)
  • I daresay that is his — er — eventual plan," said Fudge evasively.†   (source)
  • Mr. Owens himself was more evasive and less imaginative.†   (source)
  • It's a wonder you've evaded the government for so long—but you can't hide now, not when your own family or friends are at risk.†   (source)
  • The more stubbornly evasive Williams became, the more Lawton seemed to encourage him.†   (source)
  • In that brief time Charlotte managed to evade the older children who were minding her and wander out of the loop.†   (source)
  • He's taking evasive action.†   (source)
  • "Listen to this," said Jess, and he told about confiding to an American woman in a Vancouver saloon that he was evading the draft.†   (source)
  • "I just don't want to speak for you," said Kate evasively.†   (source)
  • Words evaded him completely.†   (source)
  • "I'm not here to evade the draft," I would explain.†   (source)
  • But this is not a thing you can fight, only evade.†   (source)
  • The evasions of her little novel were exactly those of her life.†   (source)
  • And why do you look so skinny?" she continued asking, but we evaded her questions.†   (source)
  • Even airborne, there were times sleep evaded me, though I never panicked then.†   (source)
  • It ruined my chance to play the game of evading the conductor with my pals.†   (source)
  • Computer, what evasive action can we take?†   (source)
  • Eleanor had an answer for everything—but she still managed to evade most of Park's questions.†   (source)
  • "In a way, yeah," he said evasively.†   (source)
  • Your parents resent you because of all the past they are trying to evade.†   (source)
  • To evade Mexican police and immigration authorities, the children jump onto and off of the moving train cars.†   (source)
  • To use in a game of Russian roulette if you want to keep fit at the same time (bricks at ten paces, turn and throw, no evasive action allowed).†   (source)
  • Evading the Empire will be harder than ever.†   (source)
  • But the companionship he craved evaded him; he couldn't risk familiarity.†   (source)
  • Perceptive enough to know you're evading the question," I say.†   (source)
  • Now she hesitated again, but there was no question of evasion now; it was reduced to tell the truth or tell a lie.†   (source)
  • Elinor kept at him for a while, but Mo evaded all her questions.†   (source)
  • He reads about the riots that took place during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago and about Dr. Benjamin Spock, the baby doctor, being sentenced to two years in jail for threatening to counsel draft evaders.†   (source)
  • I'm talking about Henri thinking that he could somehow evade them by understanding them a little more.†   (source)
  • "On the other side of the river," I said evasively.†   (source)
  • No sense of evading the question, merely a blank stare.†   (source)
  • I called her longdistance, in Philadelphia, to find out, and she was suddenly evasive.†   (source)
  • We kept jumping hurdles, kept breaking from the constraints, kept evading the border guards of every new trek.†   (source)
  • Mack's odd request predictably started a barrage of questions from Willie, questions that Mack tried to answer as evasively as he could.†   (source)
  • Not a Labrador evader!†   (source)
  • As long as they remain aloft, they evade the danger.†   (source)
  • They have evaded the whole maze by leaping over it in long, flat parabolas.†   (source)
  • Certainly an evasion.†   (source)
  • Escape and evasion plans if we have to bail?†   (source)
  • She searches for his face, but it evades her, slips from her, each time she turns to it.†   (source)
  • He was worse than Saddam Hussein, disappearing, evading the prying eye of the satellites, keeping his identity and location secret even from the many CIA informers who were close to him.†   (source)
  • He had no intention of paying his debts and was confident he could evade prosecution through guile and charm.†   (source)
  • I hear things," Tyler evaded.†   (source)
  • I tried evasive humor.†   (source)
  • Jose Arcadio Buendia did not know at what moment or because of what adverse forces his plan had become enveloped in a web of pretexts, disappointments, and evasions until it turned into nothing but an illusion.†   (source)
  • She's very evasive.†   (source)
  • Are you evading my questions, Eric?†   (source)
  • If someone managed to evade the infrared detectors and got into the house, a 115-decibel siren would go off.†   (source)
  • ...forty-five women were arrested in Austin, Texas, yesterday for attempting to evade the birth registry.†   (source)
  • One must evade Harkonnen restrictions?†   (source)
  • Joan grinned evasively.†   (source)
  • Lucinda would have hated for me to evade my obedience by rising above it.†   (source)
  • GaoLing tried to laugh, but she also looked evasive.†   (source)
  • Ky shakes his head, evading my question.†   (source)
  • There he evaded death by a miracle and now he was serving his time here quietly.†   (source)
  • He respected the law, the nation, and tradition, and no one could accuse him of any greater offense than tax evasion.†   (source)
  • I considered my answer and settled on the kind of evasive response I'd used on my mother over the years.†   (source)
  • There were no physical objects to avoid, no obstacles on the obstacle course, no wires or prongs or covered pits to detect and then evade.†   (source)
  • "Gorgeous evasions," he said.†   (source)
  • He did not feel today, as he had felt for so long, that she was evading him, locking herself away from him, forcing him to remain a stranger in her life.†   (source)
  • Each green crystal numeral slips into the place of another, evading human eyes.†   (source)
  • I was dubbed the Black Pimpernel, a somewhat derogatory adaptation of Baroness Orczy's fictional character the Scarlet Pimpernel, who daringly evaded capture during the French Revolution.†   (source)
  • Bryn tells me I'm withdrawn, evasive, cold.†   (source)
  • You're evading.†   (source)
  • For a time Eugenides evaded his request, but Lyopidus built up his arrogance, telling him over and over how clever he had been to defeat the Sky God, how much more clever he could be if he put his mind to it.†   (source)
  • This time, I knew enough not to answer, only evade.†   (source)
  • I watched Brendan's 'muscular hands try to shift, 'missing gears, try to steer 'around potholes, not quite evading 'most of them.†   (source)
  • Max, the youngest Lightwood, squeezed his way around Maryse and darted into the room, evading his mother's reaching hand.†   (source)
  • She had been deposed in early February and had been evasive, in Jake's opinion.†   (source)
  • I ask evasively.†   (source)
  • The Clutter slayers, granted a reprieve by a Federal judge, evaded their date.†   (source)
  • Kennedy counters the reverend's evasiveness.†   (source)
  • Hyzenthlay had promised that they were to be protected by a great bird and that the new officer was going to work a secret trick to evade the pursuit—a trick which would defeat even the General.†   (source)
  • Cal, she was sure, had been dodging and weaving, avoiding and evading her since their hike to the Pagan Stone.†   (source)
  • Aside from the crooked matches, they said, sumo was rife with drug use and sexcapades, bribes and tax evasion, and close ties to the yakuza, the Japanese mafia.†   (source)
  • Stanardsville taught you Escape and Evasion, Save your burning gloves, it was a vacation.†   (source)
  • It sounded like a ridiculous attempt at evasion.†   (source)
  • He had stopped evading things, sliding through, over, and around difficulties.†   (source)
  • It was no time for evasions.†   (source)
  • Enraged at the evasion of the jinn, the Coven no longer cared for fey secrets.†   (source)
  • This time, he would not be able to evade it.†   (source)
  • It was a feeble sort of evasion, a sad rag wrapped around his wounded word.†   (source)
  • I covered a high school football game again because the sports desk was shorthanded, and I got the names right, mostly, although the numbers still evaded me.†   (source)
  • Once on the ground, I'll evade.†   (source)
  • He told Farmer that he felt liberated from "the self-hatred and evasion of ethnicity" he'd felt in Muscatine.†   (source)
  • The chaplain colored and turned away evasively.†   (source)
  • 'Not much — only hints and riddles,' said Frodo evasively.†   (source)
  • Was she evading me?†   (source)
  • Evasion takes money, and few things work better than American cash.†   (source)
  • This evasiveness wasn't like Bob.†   (source)
  • They'll not let us get the distance to turn again, and they're too fast to evade.†   (source)
  • Dispatches from Philadelphia that evaded capture at sea took at least six weeks to reach Paris under ideal sailing conditions.†   (source)
  • I'm not being evasive.†   (source)
  • If we sought to evade such, we would miss the lessons God willed us to learn, at the cost of worse torments after our death.†   (source)
  • It was as if a decision were being reached without discussion: evasion was to be avoided.†   (source)
  • The lazy circles turn into evasive maneuvers.†   (source)
  • I suppose I've been evading the issue again-as always.†   (source)
  • Smith somehow evaded them.†   (source)
  • The adults get mad, evasive, and shut you up if you ask.†   (source)
  • I am happy Reb Saunders knows now about his son's reading," he said quietly, evading my question.†   (source)
  • They ask how I came to know him and I have to answer that I don't remember which is a little evasive.†   (source)
  • Much of this control is social, a thing which laws and institutions and uniforms enforce, but much of it must be personal, and I do not see how we can evade the obligation to take full responsibility for what we individually do.†   (source)
  • They keep evading responsibility.†   (source)
  • A slow motion one-two punch he hadn't been able to evade.†   (source)
  • She evaded him.†   (source)
  • What happened was this: Archie had cut a class and glided through the corridor, evading the brothers.†   (source)
  • The giant they had spoken with earlier had been evasive when asked about what lay down the one tunnel they had yet to explore.†   (source)
  • They have neodogs now that are indoctrinated from puppyhood to observe and evade without blowing their tops at the mere sight or smell of a Bug.†   (source)
  • When I asked if I might meet her sister, she was evasive, callous.†   (source)
  • I didn't know anything at the time; Dennis had been as cryptic and evasive as ever, Jack professing nothing.†   (source)
  • How will you evade them?†   (source)
  • "Look out," Joe warned Rose, but she also saw the oncoming assailant and was already taking evasive action.†   (source)
  • He evaded that.†   (source)
  • A woman who had somehow evaded police lines and tumbled through the snow too close to the carnage was sick and had to be helped away.†   (source)
  • Robert and Josiah evaded her; they were deaf to those undertones.†   (source)
  • My brother, who was only four years old then, still remembers painfully strict meals at Rock Hill with Bampa grinding his teeth at one end of the table—as if his carefully built ceremonies were being evaded by a weak-willed family.†   (source)
  • Normal vigilance would prevent most tax evasion.†   (source)
  • That's an evasive answer.†   (source)
  • "Just kindly go to the phone, please, young lady," Mrs. Glass said evasively.†   (source)
  • Grover just went to jail for tax evasion.†   (source)
  • She became, in a way, a little like Dane; she grew cagey and evasive.†   (source)
  • After giving him a hurried, evasive account of her time at Auschwitz, she fell into a deep depression and was bedridden for many days.†   (source)
  • GUIL: What about our evasions?†   (source)
  • He, in his attempt to evade her, tripped and went sprawling.†   (source)
  • He kept me on camera twenty minutes and he asked pointed questions that did not evade the issue.†   (source)
  • She gives HELEN a quick kiss, evades her hands, and hurries downstairs again†   (source)
  • There might also be some resentment, some resistance, along with actual evasion.†   (source)
  • Like you, sir, I have abandoned that pathetic faith with its pretexts and evasions.†   (source)
  • Evasive, yet stimulating.†   (source)
  • Randy rejected the easy evasion of excuses.†   (source)
  • The people are looking for honest answers, not easy answers; clear leadership, not false claims and evasiveness and politics as usual.†   (source)
  • And not to evade reality.†   (source)
  • MARY Evading his eyes.†   (source)
  • Her answer was long, rambling, antagonistic, and evasive.†   (source)
  • BOTARD: Evading?†   (source)
  • How evasively terse!†   (source)
  • "I could eat a hamburger," said Harris, swinging out of the road under the sign in some automatic gesture of evasion.†   (source)
  • I smelted an evasion in them last words.†   (source)
  • But hers were evasive and uneasy.†   (source)
  • I try to be evasive without flat-out lying.†   (source)
  • And because you are here, because you have the religion, victory cannot evade you in the end.†   (source)
  • I hadn't given her any warning of my visit: I had no wish to be evaded.†   (source)
  • But she's always been evasive, you can never pin her down.†   (source)
  • When he noticed I had him in my sights, he began evasive action.†   (source)
  • The longer you evade the Ra'zac, the more desperate he'll become.†   (source)
  • Aidid supporters had mutilated the dead soldiers' bodies while the pilot and copilot evaded capture.†   (source)
  • On one hand, we have a missile submarine attempting to evade detection.†   (source)
  • I was certain of nothing except that evasive action was over.†   (source)
  • Ah, well ....you can't evade me forever, Harry!†   (source)
  • "No, we're also going to ...er ...take evasive action!" said Zaphod with a sudden access of panic.†   (source)
  • When questioned about this, the gals were smiling and evasive.†   (source)
  • I reached out to pet him, and that sent him into evasive maneuvers.†   (source)
  • There's a way to evade the Harkonnens," she said.†   (source)
  • The only way to evade them is to find sanctuary with the Varden.†   (source)
  • It is intended that they should know this, because we will again evade detection on the trip home.†   (source)
  • "...and evasive enchantments generally," concluded Hermione.†   (source)
  • The place is prepared for us, if we can evade the Harkonnens.†   (source)
  • It's not the lying that counts, it's evading the necessity for it.†   (source)
  • She tried to sweep the spears away with her talons, but the Urgals jumped back and evaded her.†   (source)
  • Our mission, first of all, is to evade detection by anyone.†   (source)
  • He wants to see what he's up against before he tries to evade.†   (source)
  • They said I didn't have a true vocation, I was just evading my duties.†   (source)
  • The moment carries its own truth; you can't evade it.†   (source)
  • He'd have to evade before he could get on with what he wanted to do.†   (source)
  • Even the Padishah Emperor's Truthsayer couldn't evade that responsibility when the duty call came.†   (source)
  • Knowing where the trap is — that's the first step in evading it.†   (source)
  • Jackson threw his fighter into a violent evasive turn to the left.†   (source)
  • But Captain Ramius evaded them brilliantly!†   (source)
  • Then, Major, we pull in our clever and evasive attache and break him.†   (source)
  • The ship careened to one side, taking evasive maneuvers.†   (source)
  • He could not evade the sense of responsibility.†   (source)
  • You cannot evade his knowing, save you kill all the Fair Folk in my Court.†   (source)
  • Evaded them, bribed them, outmaneuvered them, or simply outran them.†   (source)
  • Grant's evasive replies have given little evidence as to which way he leans on the issue.†   (source)
  • Her captain had turned her upriver, but not quickly enough to evade the wildfire.†   (source)
  • I just shook my head, knowing this was him evading the question.†   (source)
  • While he thinks I'm running, hiding, evading-I'm walking right into his nest.†   (source)
  • We've got rail passes," he added, evading her stern glance.†   (source)
  • They wanted to talk about what had happened with Asclepius, but Leo evaded them.†   (source)
  • The man was intelligent, not some clumsy butcher who just happened to evade the FBI for years.†   (source)
  • The red dragon shied to Eragon's left but could not evade him.†   (source)
  • I scrambled for my numbness, my denial, but it evaded me.†   (source)
  • I took another evasive turn, and Zia yelled, "There!"†   (source)
  • Evading a sword thrust, Roran took a step forward.†   (source)
  • He would know if I tried to lie or evade.†   (source)
  • There was no established procedure for evasive action.†   (source)
  • But, in practice, the wording is not precise and legislatures can evade paying judges.†   (source)
  • Guilt later in Phoenix, where I could evade vexing questions in the daily wheel of work.†   (source)
  • Whirling around, Yarbog ran at him for a third time, and once more, Roran managed to evade him.†   (source)
  • Roran made no attempt to evade the muck; he no longer cared if his clothes stayed clean.†   (source)
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