- present participle of deliberate.
deliberating
Example Sentences
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Deliberating or opining on issues outside the public’s view did not go un-critiqued at the time.
From Time • Nov. 7, 2016
Deliberating under the less hallucinatory guidance of Georgia's Sam Nunn, the Senate approved a more realistic role for the military.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Group of Four Burgomasters.—The portrait is painted on oak, as is also that of the Amsterdam Burgomasters Deliberating with Regard to the Visit of Marie de Médici to that city.
From The Standard Galleries - Holland by Singleton, Esther
Excellent counsel is in the twin proverbs, "Deliberating is not delaying," and "That is a wise delay which maketh the road safe."
From Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources by Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward)
And that which is alternate Appetite, in Deliberating concerning Good and Evil, the same is alternate Opinion in the Enquiry of the truth of Past, and Future.
From Leviathan by Hobbes, Thomas