prevaricate

How To Use prevaricate In A Sentence

• Yet Phil Woolas, the immigration minister (and, as I well remember a nasty little self-centred careerist when he was head of the National Union Students in my college days - a real horrible little greasy pole climber who obviously hasn't changed one jot) continues to prevaricate and pettifog. Global Voices in English » The Gurkhas: Long History Of Discrimination
• At the outset, the girl obstinately prevaricated, but when she eventually heard that lady Feng intended to take a red-hot branding-iron and burn her mouth with, she at last sobbingly spoke out. Hung Lou Meng
• Even in New York, where you're gay until proven otherwise, I was careful to parse my words, prevaricate for the comfort of others and subtly pepper in the tell-tale personal pronoun in order to introduce the subject of a boyfriend. My Coming Out Do-Over
• Why should we believe you when it is well known that all lawyers prevaricate?
• Tell us exactly what happened and don't prevaricate.
• But Informants may prevaricate for money or revenge. Bruce Fein: Predator Drones: Bin Laden's Best Friends
• He has appeased, prevaricated and pretended, maybe because he is a man of faith himself, with a Catholic wife who consorts with crystals.
• However: We prevaricate, which is to say, being interpreted, we hedge. Why is a Hog always Corpulent ? (or Another Special Exhibit at the Met)
• The euro zone can no longer afford to prevaricate and obfuscate. Limiting the Damage of a Greek Default
• She might prevaricate for a good cause, but her oath was absolute, and a vow given to a friend was sacred. ALL ABOUT LOVE