evade
verb (used with object)
to escape from by trickery or cleverness.
evading
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present participleof evade.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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He compared the plight of ultra-Orthodox men evading the military draft to the persecution of Jews during the Holocaust.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
And as with the incident in Modi'in, they tried to prevent the arrest of religious students for evading conscription.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Anthropic in February said Chinese companies used “fraudulent accounts and proxy services to access Claude at scale while evading detection.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
First, Jefferson ran from one sideline to the other in the backfield, evading would-be defenders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
How could pilots navigate these powerful planes—traveling at hundreds of miles an hour—while looking at the cockpit gauges, listening to the radio, evading antiaircraft fire, and dogfighting?
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
