temporizing

Example Sentences

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dismissed a key ally from his new Cabinet, bowing to a ruling from the Israeli Supreme Court after days of temporizing.

From Washington Times • Jan. 22, 2023

“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

So a man called Bellamy — or is it his doppelgänger, Bollany? — accompanies Swan on the piano and serves as his awkward, temporizing major-domo.

From New York Times • May 2, 2019

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

The indecision and temporizing spirit of Georgia, for a time, was painful to her truly patriotic sons who early espoused the cause of Liberty.

From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by Judson, L. Carroll