- present participle of equivocate.
equivocating
Example Sentences
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Third, political leaders must stop equivocating when antisemitism appears in activist movements, universities or cultural institutions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025
Inside, we shared a 90-minute pocket where Muslim joy didn’t need disclaimers or cautious sidestepping and equivocating.
From Slate • Jun. 30, 2025
About 40% of lawmakers — nearly equally divided between Democrats and Republicans — surveyed said they didn’t intend to assert a special privilege to withhold their emails and other records, without equivocating.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2024
When she pressed him on what he meant, Mr. Trump gave an equivocating answer: “Not — not that I can think of.”
From New York Times • May 11, 2023
The wily, wordy Greek, Weighing each word, and canvassing each syllable; Evading, arguing, equivocating.
From Waverley Novels — Volume 12 by Scott, Walter, Sir
