evade
verb (used with object)
to escape from by trickery or cleverness.
had been evading
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past perfect progressiveof evade.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Authorities said Phillips had been evading capture since failing to appear in court in 2022.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025
Details of Areu’s arrest were not released, but prosecutors said she had been evading authorities since June, including spending time in Mexico.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2022
The moves come after a federal investigation into whether solar manufacturers had been evading tariffs on goods from China by exporting them through other countries.
From The Verge ● Jun. 6, 2022
The department needed help, it said, in finding a fugitive that had been evading capture for months.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2021
They had been evading the Oxscinian Navy for years, always slipping in and out of the city before anyone noticed, stirring up trouble in their wake.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
