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
-
Tell us exactly what happened and don't prevaricate.
-
It's about the brutal perfidy of the Conservative government, its gall, its utter lack of class, its willingness to cover up, to prevaricate, to temporize: hell, to lie its way out of a tight spot.
Archive 2009-11-01
-
`Helena Latimer, twenty-eight years old," she paused, wondering whether to say it, decided to prevaricate, `writer, five foot six.
DREAMS OF INNOCENCE
-
When I knew that I could prevaricate no longer, I spent an unhappy afternoon agonising over which stories to give her to read.
LOVE YOU MADLY
-
I think that the corroboration from the Montgomery County PD that they were there should be sufficient, regardless of the denials issuing forth from Chief Lanier and her people (who have prevaricated before and whose veracity is suspect).
The Volokh Conspiracy » Another Item on the SEIU Protest
-
Bishops obfuscate, cardinals equivocate and Church spokesmen prevaricate as the tide of media condemnation surges around them.
-
Instead of admit his guilt , he prevaricate.
-
He has prevaricated over the payment of sums acknowledged to be due, though the sum currently due and payable by way of costs is not alleged to be large.
-
`Helena Latimer, twenty-eight years old," she paused, wondering whether to say it, decided to prevaricate, `writer, five foot six.
DREAMS OF INNOCENCE
-
They don't have the balls to admit that they were caught out, so they attack and lie and prevaricate and do everything to shuffle out from under it.
-
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
-
Whilst I prevaricate, discuss: is it better to pontificate or to ruminate?
Existential Dilemma
-
When I knew that I could prevaricate no longer, I spent an unhappy afternoon agonising over which stories to give her to read.
LOVE YOU MADLY
-
Didn't prevaricate but answered forthrightly and honestly.
-
Without a text to assist them they may prevaricate too long before facing the brutal truth.
-
At every stage he has lied, prevaricated and obstructed this process of disarmament.
-
When I knew that I could prevaricate no longer, I spent an unhappy afternoon agonising over which stories to give her to read.
LOVE YOU MADLY
-
He sent out trusted assistants to make the local arrangements, chivvied them if they did not make fast enough progress, and belaboured officials who prevaricated or objected.
-
Henry Sidgwick, you are not only highly selective in the questions you choose to answer, you evade answering the questions, prevaricate and confabulate.
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...
-
She might prevaricate for a good cause, but her oath was absolute, and a vow given to a friend was sacred.
ALL ABOUT LOVE
-
US officials will prevaricate, noting that the US spends this amount or that amount.
Jeffrey Sachs: Washington Leaves Millions To Die
-
The Chuang Wei smiles unusually flirtatiously and kissed close Yang Tian's lips, "etc. you to can make 200 Fus prevaricate to assist of time, I assist your instinct.
-
`Helena Latimer, twenty-eight years old," she paused, wondering whether to say it, decided to prevaricate, `writer, five foot six.
DREAMS OF INNOCENCE
-
And then, after all the bullshit, when he could prevaricate, elocute, circumlocute, and evade no more, he collapsed like a paper bag emptied of air.
Stanton Peele: Public Figures Behaving Badly: Charlie Rangel, George Pataki, Sarah Palin
-
He used the word prevaricate instead of procrastinate because he was talking about the deceit of the banking industry in cahoots with the government.
WNYC New York Public Radio
-
Who was that in the Planet Money clip who doesn't know "prevaricate" (lie) from
WNYC New York Public Radio
-
She might prevaricate for a good cause, but her oath was absolute, and a vow given to a friend was sacred.
ALL ABOUT LOVE
-
When I knew that I could prevaricate no longer, I spent an unhappy afternoon agonising over which stories to give her to read.
LOVE YOU MADLY
-
While they talk and prevaricate, foot and mouth could be back in the country tomorrow, and if that happens both farming and rural-based tourism in this country will take 50 years to recover.
-
Tell us exactly what happened and don't prevaricate.
-
I think that the corroboration from the Montgomery County PD that they were there should be sufficient, regardless of the denials issuing forth from Chief Lanier and her people (who have prevaricated before and whose veracity is suspect).
The Volokh Conspiracy » Another Item on the SEIU Protest
-
She might prevaricate for a good cause, but her oath was absolute, and a vow given to a friend was sacred.
ALL ABOUT LOVE
-
`Helena Latimer, twenty-eight years old," she paused, wondering whether to say it, decided to prevaricate, `writer, five foot six.
DREAMS OF INNOCENCE
-
And then, after all the bullshit, when he could prevaricate, elocute, circumlocute, and evade no more, he collapsed like a paper bag emptied of air.
Stanton Peele: Public Figures Behaving Badly: Charlie Rangel, George Pataki, Sarah Palin
