prevaricate
verb (used without object)
to speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression; lie.
prevaricating
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present participleof prevaricate.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
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
Playing Jimmy/Saul in crook mode comes easily to Odenkirk, who cites his unctuous agent Stevie Grant in “The Larry Sanders Show” as a precursor cut from the same prevaricating cloth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2019
I just won’t have this lying and prevaricating and goings-on.
From The Innocents A Story for Lovers by Sinclair Lewis
