prevaricator

Example Sentences

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He loved “the game of cops and robbers,” he recounted, and became an expert prevaricator.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2024

Santos has styled himself as a theatrical prevaricator and a maximalist.

From Salon • Dec. 17, 2023

Not the way they knew Boris Johnson — former London mayor, newspaper columnist, colorful orator, serial prevaricator — when he took office just a few years ago.

From Washington Post • Sep. 3, 2022

Ostentatiously grooming his mustache and eyebrows while peering into a hand-held mirror, he is the ultimate braggart and prevaricator, itching for a comeuppance.

From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2010

You tried to be severe with me, Helen; but your voice didn’t ring true, and you are the poorest sort of prevaricator I know.

From The Silent Barrier by Tracy, Louis