evasive
Example Sentences
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In his review, Joseph Horowitz called the book “as honest and unassuming as Stokowski was evasive and flamboyant.”
He accused witnesses of diagnosing Mr Sanderson from the stand and being as evasive as the "Queen of Denmark" - a reference to Hamlet's mother in the William Shakespeare play.
From BBC
"I'm more of an evasive forward rather than an up-front carry kind of one."
From BBC
It takes plenty of guts, ingenious disguises, and evasive tactics worthy of a John le Carré novel.
From Washington Post
In a statement, the Central Bureau of Investigation said that Mr. Sisodia had given investigators “evasive replies” when they questioned him about what they called corruption in carrying out the policy change.
From New York Times
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