How to use fugitive in a sentence

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• The detective wired ahead, hoping that the fugitive would be caught at the railway station.From the entry wire
• The border has been sealed until the fugitives are found.From the entry seal
• The fugitive vaulted over the fence to escape.From the entry vault
• The fugitive vaulted the fence to escape.From the entry vault
• The fugitive tore off down the alley.From the entry tear off
• If I am an amnesiac I could be even intelligenter as a fugitive.2013, Theodore Sturgeon, A Saucer of Loneliness, Gateway, page 161. From the entry intelligenter
• Fugitives from the Hadrianic wars also probably found refuge in Arabia.1919, H[einrich] Graetz, translated by A[braham] B[enedict] Rhine, Popular History of the Jews, volume II, New York, N.Y.: Hebrew…. From the entry Hadrianic
• The saga of the fugitive nags gripped the nation.2024 April 27, Michael Hogan, “Did five frightened horses bolting through London really mean the end was neigh?”, in The Observer, →ISSN…. From the entry ye olde
• The fugitive slaves and their descendants who formed the bulk of the llaneros of Venezuela initially chose the royalist side.2018, Wim Klooster, Revolutions in the Atlantic World, New Edition: A Comparative History, NYU Press, →ISBN, page 164. From the entry llanero
• The ordinance affirmed the common-law right of masters to recapture fugitives on their own, without coming before a magistrate.2005, Akhil Reed Amar, America's Constitution: A Biography. From the entry recaption
• Approaching the bottom, valor suddenly vanished; they fled like fugitives.1967, William Manchester, The Death of a President: November 20–November 25, 1963, New York, N.Y.; Evanston, Ill.: Harper & Row, →OCLC…. From the entry douzeper
• I was put in touch through a pencil geek from FBIHQ with a deputy United States marshal (DUSM) who was also assigned the fugitive case.2023, Jason Randazzo, The Day After: The Life and Times of a New York FBI Agent. From the entry pencil geek
• The region was remote; the early explorers were pirates, fugitives and fringers, followed by miscellaneous settlers, to the effect that Camberwell had been inhabited for many thousands of years.1998, Jack Vance, Night Lamp…. From the entry fringer

Meaning of fugitive

1. noun A person who flees or escapes and travels secretly from place to place, and sometimes using disguises and aliases to conceal their identity, as to avoid law authorities in order to avoid an arrest or prosecution, or to avoid some other unwanted situation.
2. adjective Fleeing or running away; escaping.
3. adjective Transient, fleeting or ephemeral.

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Questions about fugitive in a sentence

How do you use fugitive in a sentence?

Fugitive is used as a noun, adjective and verb. For example: “The detective wired ahead, hoping that the fugitive would be caught at the railway station.”

What is a short sentence with fugitive?

“The fugitive tore off down the alley.”

What does fugitive mean?

Fugitive means a person who flees or escapes and travels secretly from place to place, and sometimes using disguises and aliases to conceal their identity, as to avoid law authorities in order to avoid an arrest or prosecution, or to avoid some other unwanted situation.