evade
verb (used with object)
to escape from by trickery or cleverness.
were evading
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past progressiveof evade.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Central Command declined to comment about the Basel but vehemently rejected claims that ships were evading its forces.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Many were evading police raids instead of campaigning in their constituencies.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2024
In both of Monday’s cases, trade officials said the safeguard measure was necessary because foreign producers were evading American restrictions on imports from specific countries by hopscotching their factories around the globe.
From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2018
Not many who were evading the draft were doing so out of conscience.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2016
Some were deserters from the rebel army, some were evading the conscript laws, two or three were deserters from our army.
From Si Klegg, Book 3 (of 6) Si And Shorty Meet Mr. Rosenbaum, The Spy, Who Relates His Adventures by John McElroy
