How to Use evolve in a Sentence

evolve

verb
  • Her company has evolved from a hobby into a thriving business.
  • Some flowers have evolved remarkable means of insect pollination.
  • The event that turns 65 this year has evolved … sort of.
    Bryce Miller, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 July 2018
  • The faster it is deployed, the less time the virus has to evolve.
    Melody Schreiber, The New Republic, 22 Dec. 2020
  • How did the look of the masks evolve over the course of production?
    Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2022
  • As the code words evolve, the goal posts move right along with them.
    Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 29 June 2021
  • But the Catch-22 is that Paul and the rest of the guys’ voices have evolved and have changed.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2023
  • Xavier also had to evolve over the course of the season.
    Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 5 May 2021
  • That culture needs to evolve and change to say the least.
    Allure, 20 Mar. 2022
  • The project seemed to evolve alongside the city itself.
    Murray Whyte, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2022
  • The neocortex is the newest part of the brain to evolve.
    Tim Childers, Popular Mechanics, 16 Nov. 2020
  • Did the big man have to evolve because of the way the game was being played?
    USA Today, 22 Apr. 2021
  • How has the concept of this cannabis cafe evolved over time?
    Grace Bukunmi, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2019
  • Has the role changed at all or evolved during that process?
    Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2023
  • But over the last three years the menu has continued to evolve.
    Michael Bauer, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Saru had to learn to shed his species' innate fear to evolve.
    Kate Cox, Ars Technica, 15 Oct. 2020
  • The use of police dogs can evolve with the times by sticking with the jobs dogs do best.
    Dewitt Lacy, CNN, 28 May 2021
  • That's lost time in a non-election year for a new host to evolve their style.
    Darren Franich, EW.com, 9 Dec. 2022
  • And in the ways that memes evolve, some go through a second stage of edits.
    Michael Price, Science | AAAS, 22 May 2018
  • How has your approach to business evolved over the years?
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2020
  • One of the strengths is that these measurements have not evolved.
    The Atlantic, 6 June 2018
  • All that’s clear is that the rooftop solar program needs to evolve.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2022
  • In some ways, the politics haven't evolved much since then.
    Abby Smith, Washington Examiner, 14 Jan. 2020
  • The characters have evolved – not Beetlejuice, but the rest of us.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Yarbrough said the team’s plan will continue to evolve.
    Greg Luca, ExpressNews.com, 2 July 2020
  • But there’s a strong chance that humans did, in fact, evolve to raise kids this way.
    Sam Kean, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2022
  • But Lincoln did evolve, and that was part of his greatness.
    John Blake, CNN, 14 Mar. 2021
  • Since Roe v. Wade, rhetoric on both sides has been evolving.
    Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 22 July 2017
  • The former president's strategy has evolved since his successful 2016 run for the White House.
    John Santucci, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The style has since evolved to include boots with chunky soles, tall heels and shafts, and some Western details, while keeping the traditional elements like stretchy gore side panels alive.
    Jessie Quinn, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024

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