Use of the word prevaricate in a sentence example

prevaricate

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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]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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