equivocator

Example Sentences

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Strange but true: This self-proclaimed optimist worships at the altar of that ultimate equivocator Stephen Sondheim and is also a passionate devotee of Fred Rogers, the beloved children’s entertainer.

From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2016

Ever the equivocator -- on a good day he can make Blanche Lincoln look decisive -- Pryor thinks the Pentagon shouldn't be rushed into making changes.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2010

Faith, here's an equivocator, that could swear in both the scales against either scale, who committed treason enough for God's sake, yet could not equivocate to heaven: O, come in, equivocator.

From Macbeth by Shakespeare, William

For the practiced equivocator you said he was," murmured Mrs. Hauksbee, "he strikes me as a failure.

From The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition by Kipling, Rudyard

Very well, boldface, said he, and equivocator again!

From Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Richardson, Samuel