Sentence example with the word 'prevaricate'

prevaricate

around the bush, belie, deceive, evade, fib, lie, misrepresent, parry, shuffle, story, weasel

Definition v. be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

Last update: September 18, 2015


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In order to get his bill passed, the politician went out of his way to prevaricate about the release of the environmental study.   [verb]

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Because my sister Sarah does not take bad news well, I always prevaricate when telling her something she does not want to hear.    [verb]

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If he prevaricated after taking this oath Louis believed he should die within the year.   [verb]

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"This fellow is considered the best driver in the mountains," he prevaricated.   [Please select]

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Cowley believed Lindsay to have prevaricated--or at least so officially reported.   [Please select]

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She hardly knows she is going to prevaricate; the false statement comes out suddenly.   [Please select]

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He was boastful of his experiences, but sometimes admitted that he prevaricated.   [Please select]

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"I wished to see the Duchess--" "It is not worth while to prevaricate."   [Please select]

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The patient tried to prevaricate, but Glory told the truth again, and was reproved once more.   [Please select]

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He delayed, he postponed, he raised interminable difficulties, he prevaricated, he was silent, he disappeared.   [Please select]

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"It was a Yankee invented that tale about your not being able to prevaricate, wasn't it, George."   [Please select]

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