Both from Paris and from London somewhat bewildered suggestions proceeded by way of evading the central enigma, whether the intervention should be Turkish (M31) or Anglo-French.
When fully matured, it appears like a wonderful adventitious faculty--a power of evading the sight, of not seeing, what is obviously and glaringly presented to view on all sides.
Not, however, that this is the policy of doubt and apprehension, the evading and repelling caution of men who suspect themselves to be wrong and dread being forced to meet the proof.
All at once he rose from the mats where he had been reclining, and, still conversing, moved towards me, his eye purposely evading mine, and seated himself within less than a yard of me.
Not yet could the burden of fleets and armaments be cast aside; though every crisis thus overpassed without the "world war" increased our hopes of ultimately evading its unspeakable horror.
Marsh, and were originally contrived by Robert Cox, a comic genius in his way, who exhibited great ingenuity in evading the ordinances of Parliament, and in carrying on dramatic performances in spite of the Puritans.
He has learnt nothing from it except a habit of evading it by deceit.
There was no evading that, although he had not thought of it in that light before.
I signed that paper with precious little compunction--and yet it was evading the law, pure and simple--so far as the intent goes!
If spies were on his track, as Jeanne had feared and Blakeney prophesied, he had certainly succeeded inevading them.
You must forgive me," he said, as if purposely evading her question, "for I give you my word that I had nothing to do with a regulation that you might justly feel was derogatory to your dignity.
The fact is that the ladies' parlor at the hotel had been after dinner no better than a den of smugglers, in which the fair contrabandists had debated the best means of evading the laws of their country.
Evading Buck's playful blow he led the way to the door, and soon they were a cloud of dust on the plain.
In evading the projectile he let his sombrero appear on a level with the desert, and the hum of a bullet as it passed through his head-gear and into the opposite wall made him wish that there had been constructed a cellar, also.
Whereas I, who ought not live, But do live, byevading destiny, Sad life am I to lead, I learn at last!
My old friend Captain Dick Watkins probably more unselfishly regretted the disasters to our arms than the speculators or even the refugees in Nassau, who had succeeded in evading service in the army by skulking abroad.
Those who wished to make the attempt to escape through the bayous, received permission to do so; and a few of the number, familiar with the locality, succeeded in evading the Federal pickets, and getting within the Confederate lines.
Illustration: Messieurs Macaire and Bertrand have found it expedient to make a hurried departure for Belgium for the purpose ofevading French justice.
Becket after his return from Rome, and promised to remedy all of which his prelate complained, he struck prophetic dismay into Becket's heart by evading the kiss of peace.
Even if subjected to the ordeal, her gold could easily have bribed the priests with whom the power of evading its dangers rested.
It is perfectly natural that he should resort to malingering of mental disease in his last attempt at evading a stressful situation.
The consequence of this austerity is an extended system of intrigue, for the purpose of evading all this circumspection--by which means they are full of cunning and deceit.
But you are evading an answer; well, well, I'll wait for it, or guess it.
Her husband might justly have accused her of coquetry if she were not concealing the terrors of her soul by thus evading the fire of his looks.
It is amusing to notice the tricks which some of them resort to, in evading the letter of the Vagrant Act.
Evading the blow, the shepherd closed in upon her, and struck her over the head with his staff, knocking her to the ground.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "evading" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
