equivocating

Example Sentences

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Third, political leaders must stop equivocating when antisemitism appears in activist movements, universities or cultural institutions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025

This was evident throughout Tuesday, with Blanche sparring incessantly with Cohen about his constant media appearances and his seemingly equivocating answers about those appearances.

From Slate • May 16, 2024

About 40% of lawmakers — nearly equally divided between Democrats and Republicans — surveyed said they didn’t intend to assert a special privilege to withhold their emails and other records, without equivocating.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2024

When she pressed him on what he meant, Mr. Trump gave an equivocating answer: “Not — not that I can think of.”

From New York Times • May 11, 2023

But the equivocating witness soon discovers that his falsehood is hunted out of its recesses with an unsparing determination.

From Sketches and Studies by Hawthorne, Nathaniel