Example sentences for: dodge

How can you use “dodge” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Einstein overcame his metaphysical scruples about the big bang not long before his death in 1955, referring to his earlier attempt to dodge it by an ad hoc theoretical device as "the greatest blunder of my career."

  • Responding to Douglas S. Dodge's article on binomial nomenclature, Why All Living Things Have Latin Names [XIX, 3,44], it would be appropriate to point out that bacteria also have genus and species names, adjudicated by a separate International Code of Bacterial Nomenclature.

  • It's the engineering equivalent of the familiar political dodge, "mistakes were made."

  • Everyone was needed in the war effort, and there were few opportunities to dodge the draft.

  • I maintained throughout the Reagan years that "appearances" was a dodge for accusers and malefactors alike.


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