tergiversation
- a word derived from tergiversate.
Example Sentences
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Another has been the behavior of its distinguished columnists-the lamentation of Mark Sullivan, the oscillation of Dorothy Thompson, the tergiversation of Walter Lippmann.
From Time Magazine Archive
Froude's specific charge of rapid tergiversation is disproved by dates.
From The Life of Froude by Paul, Herbert W. (Herbert Woodfield)
Charles and La Tremoille once more began their course of hesitation, tergiversation, and changes of tactics and residence without doing anything of a public and decisive character.
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 3 by Black, Robert
In its long career of tergiversation, never had this noted newspaper been driven into such a position of shame.
From The Child Wife by Reid, Mayne
These peremptory tripartite brethren arrived at Greenwich, wishing to aggrandize themselves by indulging in exemplary relaxation, indicatory of implacable detestation of integral tergiversation and exoteric intrigue.
From 1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading by Hathaway, B. A.
