His attention given for the moment to Pratt Sanderson, Frances had risen and dodged behind the bole of the tree against which she was leaning, a carefully watched prisoner.
Pratt dodged back--then crept silently away, down the hall.
I dodged my head in time, or it would have caught me there," said Cummins, raising a feeble chuckle; but then he fainted through loss of blood and sheer exhaustion.
Blockade-runners drank their champagne, jingled their coin, and dodged the conscript officers.
And now the air was full of shouts of consternation as the natives dodged about their comrade.
Arlok dodged Gordon's wild blows, then gently swept the Earth man into the embrace of his thin arms.
He neatly dodged the stranger's blow, then swung a vicious right squarely for his adversary's unprotected jaw.
The swagmandodged and parried, and soon put in a swinging blow on the left temple.
I dodged again, and a third time, and as I did so caught one foot in the grass, stumbled and fell.
I ought to have kept outdoors, and then I could have run around the house, dodged Mr. Snider, and got a clear start again for the road across the marsh.
Jack dodged the blow and promptly sent his fist between the other's eyes, knocking him to the ground in a sprawling heap.
The lads dodged into an open doorway, and a moment later saw their pursuer hurry by.
He dodged back out of sight and told the fox what he had seen, and they thought for a long time, to see if there was no way by which these bulls might be killed.
Then she went up to him and struck at him hard with her whip, but he dodged and ran away, and then stood looking at her.
The Chair dodged by saying: "That will be decided by the vote of the majority.
He dodged like chain lightning--dodged as his life had taught him to dodge before the coyote and the hawk.
Instantly I turned to the right, dodgedinto a tobacco shop, ran swiftly through it to the surprise of the proprietor, and found myself in an alley.
But instead of leaving the building he dodged back to the stairway as soon as the elevator had started on its return trip and ran stealthily up the stairs and again entered the dentist's reception room.
When they find we've dodged 'em they'll start back hunting for us.
Every time he saw a man in any kind of a uniform he dodged out of his way.
He had just dodged one of the two real park policemen when he overheard a momentous conversation.
The two dodged the sentry without much trouble; it is probable that the sentry didn't want to see them, even if he did.
They halted again at the top of the stairway to wait until the sentry had gone down, and then stole down and dodged outside the door just as the latter turned and marched back.
But the eggs dodged every missile and continued to draw nearer.
Behind the steer another black boy dodgedin and out, welting and prodding it from time to time with a bamboo pole.
Hugh found the buffalo holding its own for pace, and every time he drew up it dodged before he could make sure of hitting the loin.
He hit it somewhere, but hadn't time to see where; for, with a snort like a grampus, the beast wheeled in its tracks and charged so suddenly that old Close Up only just dodged it by a yard or two.
Neil, quarterback, had taken the ball and dodged through a hole in the line made by Judd.
But Cateye had judged the distance too true and Knapp had dodged too late.
Knapp, Pennington quarterback, captured the pigskin on his fifteen yard line and dodged in behind his quickly formed interference.
Billy easily dodged him, but it was not so easy for his mother.
The goat was too quick, however, and dodged every time the dog made a snap.
Illustration: Dodged him and ran to the far end of the car.
The express agent dodged him and ran to the far end of the car, hunting wildly for something with which he might strike the angry goat.
I suppose, now," he said, "that hot headed brother of yours thinks he has dodged Scotland Yard till it suits his convenience to be interviewed.
Behold Soult and his army corps, come to explain how Sir John Moore dodged him at Corunna.
Eliza picked up an egg, and bent so fiery a glance on the intruder that he dodged out of sight for a second.
But he was off so sharply, and dodged with such amazing skill, that most of the blows aimed at his head hummed through the empty air, or thwacked some stout apprentice in the ribs as they all went whooping after him.
Some one stepped forward with an exclamation at which, with one bound, he sprang between the Madame and Joyce, dodged behind the screen, and when the attendant reached it, had disappeared.
Toots uttered the cry, but Merriwell was watching the man closely, and he dodged the missile, which went whizzing past with an unpleasant sound.
Suddenly, as he was being pressed close, Hans dodged under Ephraim's guard and clutched the country lad about the waist.
Frank dodgedthe blow and thrust out his foot in a manner that sent the awkward man sprawling.
But Hans had not forgotten what happened the first time, and he dodged under Ephraim's glove, and gave the Yankee lad a terrific thump just below the belt.
Merry dodged under his arm, came up behind him, and struck Radford a stinging blow before Rolf could turn about.
Browning arose to his feet and shook his fist at them in mock rage, whereupon they dodged backward and made a feint of swallowing the capsules themselves.
If the Hindoos think they've dodged us, they've probably pulled out into the road and started the other way.
Luckily for him, Thibault dodged to the left and escaped the missile, which flew past him, crashing to pieces against the chimney-piece.
Then the mistress of the house took up a stool, and aimed it at him with equal violence; this time Thibault dodged to the right, and the stool went against the window, smashing two or three panes of glass.
He dodged around for two or three days greatly pleased with his sharpness, but I determined to have him some day and have him hard when I got him.
Here is where he dodged you, and now he is off again, with an hour or more start.
Then he plunged off the sidewalk, dodged a dray, and narrowly escaped the fender of a trolley car.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "dodged" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
