Evasions
[ɪ'veɪʒənz]
Examples
- I scorn your shifty evasions, and I scorn you,' said the schoolmaster. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- There would have been either the ostentation of a coxcomb, or the evasions of a mind too weak to defend its own vanities. Jane Austen. Emma.
- It was full of odd, fantastic expression, of double meanings, of evasions, of suggestive vagueness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- No more evasions. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Necessity, however, always forced him to submit at last, though frequently not till after many delays, evasions, and affected excuses. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I fancy, even already, that unavailing attendance on delays and evasions has made you something less elastic than you used to be. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
Typist: Rodger