Dodging

Examples

• He, dodging with his hat in his hand, had not heard. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• After dodging me for all these weeks and forcing me to climb the roof here like a tom cat and to come to see you as a doctor? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• But, by gad, that ain't playing fair: that's dodging the rules of the game. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• If it were not for Fanny, who knows we are here, I should find pleasure in dodging and eluding him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• It was like a great presence, watching her, dodging her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Why, I spend half my life now, pretty well, loitering and dodging about his door. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• There was no dodging that arrangement. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• So he remains, dodging and lurking about in the gloom of the staircase while they confer. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• So I had a mind,' pursued Fledgeby, 'to come and have a talk with you about our dodging friend, the child of Israel. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• May not this constant dodging or hurdling of statutes be a sign that there is something the matter with the statutes? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• She saw a confusion among the people, a cab pulling up, and her lover dropping out of the carriage, and dodging among the horses and into the crowd. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .

Edited by Dwight