Example Sentences

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He could have told her lies that his mobile telephone was not functional or he could have prevaricated beyond the emphatic use of perhaps.

From Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America by Sills, Steven (Steven David Justin)

The revulsion of public feeling towards the fallen for cause, and the severe judgment of misdeeds by the impartial historian, has been the deserved punishment of the few who have prevaricated.

From England, Canada and the Great War by Desjardins, Louis-Georges

She was of a romantic turn of mind, and although she would not have prevaricated for the world or done another harm by repeating anything to their detriment, she was a dreamer of day-dreams.

From Hester's Counterpart A Story of Boarding School Life by Jones, Adele W.

I know how often I have prevaricated, and have loitered with revenge; but I have not lost the flame: it burns still, and never shall expire!

From Anna St. Ives by Holcroft, Thomas

To have fibbed a little, or even to have prevaricated whitely, would have spoiled everything.

From The Port of Adventure by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)