prevaricating 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
- be evasivebeat around the bushhedgefenceshilly-shallydodge (the issue)sidestep (the issue)equivocatewaffletemporizestall (for time)hem and hawtergiversate
- beat around the bushtergiversateequivocatepalter
Use "prevaricating" in a sentence
Below are sample sentences containing the word "prevaricating" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "prevaricating", or refer to the context using the word "prevaricating" in the English Dictionary.
1. Stop prevaricating and come to the point.
2. 25 These performed just as required, with pious platitudes followed by prevaricating and tut-tutting in a most gratifying manner.
3. 8 These performed just as required,(www.Sentencedict.com) with pious platitudes followed by prevaricating and tut-tutting in a most gratifying manner.