- present participle of prevaricate.
prevaricating
Example Sentences
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After days of conflicting statements and prevaricating, he sent Leavitt out to offer a message that was sure to make everyone mad: He will decide in "two weeks."
From Salon • Jun. 23, 2025
Following years of prevaricating, Germany pledged to quit nuclear power definitively after Japan's 2011 Fukushima disaster sent radiation spewing into the air and terrifying the world.
From Reuters • Apr. 14, 2023
In short, the agency put forth a rule that addresses the problem head-on without prevaricating or kowtowing to corporate America.
From Slate • Jan. 10, 2023
It made sense to him why defendants lied, he would say, but to find a cop prevaricating felt like a personal betrayal.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2021
Despite the fact that there was but little room where Zotique was sitting, the shameless, prevaricating fellow impressed upon her that seats in that particular quarter were actually going begging.
From A Lover in Homespun And Other Stories by Smith, F. Clifford (Frank Clifford)
