temporise
- a variation of temporize.
Example Sentences
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Laura had determined to temporise, and also to counterplot.
From By Birth a Lady by Fenn, George Manville
Do not temporise, but let me know the truth.
From Trevlyn Hold by Wood, Mrs. Henry
Display open anger, or temporise until Ella Bedford could be dismissed—ignominiously dismissed—from her situation?
From By Birth a Lady by Fenn, George Manville
Patricia determined to temporise in order to gain time.
From Patricia Brent, Spinster by Jenkins, Herbert George
And, as the loss of his expectations rendered it needless to temporise with him, he was contemptuously tossed aside.
From Chippinge Borough by Weyman, Stanley J.
