Examples of evasive in a Sentence
Benn Steil, Foreign Affairs, 21 Mar. 2022
While Duchovny obsessed over the Bronx Bombers, stepping into Yankee Stadium was an evasive luxury.
—Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 14 June 2024
Americans deserve better than this evasive behavior.
—F.d. Flam, Twin Cities, 7 June 2024
Any takeaways may be limited to the particulars of a unique race: a battle between a savvy and well-known centrist Democrat and a novice Republican nominee who has been evasive on the issues but has increasingly embraced former President Donald Trump.
—Tim Balk, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2024
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“Evasive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evasive. Accessed 7 Jul. 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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