temporizing
Example Sentences
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It should be said that Andersson enjoys a clear advantage amid all this temporizing, but it takes just one suboptimal move for Black’s strategy to pay off.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 8, 2022
“First aid is either for minor injuries that you don’t need to go to the hospital for or for temporizing while you’re trying to transport to the hospital,” Balmes said.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 14, 2020
US history accordingly reveals a rich tapestry of legal suits, counter suits, interstate conflicts, water theft, treaties, compacts, agreements, accords, lobbying, bullying and temporizing.
From Nature ● Feb. 21, 2017
I think that your husband’s temporizing may be a better strategy than outright refusal.
From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2015
He always had been at his weakest with Mrs. Masterson; he slipped now into his old mistake of temporizing.
From A Man's Hearth by Eleanor M. (Eleanor Marie) Ingram
