prevaricate in English

verb
1
speak or act in an evasive way.
he seemed to prevaricate when journalists asked pointed questions
synonyms:be evasivebeat around the bushhedgefenceshilly-shallydodge (the issue)sidestep (the issue)equivocatewaffletemporizestall (for time)hem and hawtergiversate
verb

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "prevaricate" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "prevaricate", or refer to the context using the word "prevaricate" in the English Dictionary.

1. British ministers continued to prevaricate.

2. He loudly opposes torture while his Republican colleagues prevaricate.

3. Lu some prevaricate a few words hanged the phone.

4. Tell us exactly what happened and do not prevaricate.

5. Instead of admit his guilt , he prevaricate.

6. Tell us exactly what happened and don't prevaricate.

7. 4 Tell us exactly what happened and don't prevaricate.

8. Without a text to assist them they may prevaricate too long before facing the brutal truth.

9. There will be no point telling speakers they are using prevaricate wrongly, because usage is the main criterion for meaning.

10. From these though descended our manners are mended,Though still we can grin and Backbite! He could not Backbite, nor envy, nor prevaricate, nor jump at mean motives for generous acts

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12. We now know that Rupert just might be a doddering old fool, that his son can prevaricate with the best of them, and that Wendi Deng has clearly been put on edge by the whole experience.