Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: dodged
IPA transcription: [d'ɑdʒd]
Usage examples
  • She dodged.
  • "I dodged them," said Jack.
  • Mrs. McCaskey dodged in time.
  • "A Yankee destroyer--in all probability the one we dodged yesterday afternoon."
  • He dodged back, untouched, and instantaneously devised a stratagem to cope with this untoward development.
  • It may be that when Mr. Renshaw, having dodged the bears and eluded the wildcat, returns to his post, he will decide not to continue the paper on the lines at present mapped out.
  • The day that he "dodged" he also took the Underground Rail Road, and although ignorant of letters, he battled his way out of Maryland, and succeeded in reaching Pennsylvania and the Committee.