temporizing
Example Sentences
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It should be said that Andersson enjoys a clear advantage amid all this temporizing, but it takes just one suboptimal move for Black’s strategy to pay off.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 8, 2022
The downside of Ms. Merkel’s flexibility and compromise has been a certain amount of flip-flopping and temporizing.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 25, 2021
US history accordingly reveals a rich tapestry of legal suits, counter suits, interstate conflicts, water theft, treaties, compacts, agreements, accords, lobbying, bullying and temporizing.
From Nature ● Feb. 21, 2017
I think that your husband’s temporizing may be a better strategy than outright refusal.
From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2015
Diversion of mind and temporizing with symptoms are the basis of therapy at the menstrual period.
From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
