- present participle of prevaricate.
prevaricating
Example Sentences
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After days of conflicting statements and prevaricating, he sent Leavitt out to offer a message that was sure to make everyone mad: He will decide in "two weeks."
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2025
Following years of prevaricating, Germany pledged to quit nuclear power definitively after Japan's 2011 Fukushima disaster sent radiation spewing into the air and terrifying the world.
From Reuters ● Apr. 14, 2023
In short, the agency put forth a rule that addresses the problem head-on without prevaricating or kowtowing to corporate America.
From Slate ● Jan. 10, 2023
Perhaps the problem lies with Vida’s decision to focus on Eulabee’s point of view; we never quite get why Maria is such a prevaricating, manipulative control freak.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2021
She had known that he was prevaricating when he had stated that he represented a charitable organization; and he knew that she knew he knew it.
From A Splendid Hazard by Harold MacGrath
