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
To fully describe his conduct in denouncing Arnold and Arnold's tergiversation and intrigues against him would lead me far afield.
From Colonel John Brown, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the Brave Accuser of Benedict Arnold by Howe, Archibald Murray
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
Our vulgar idea of a party is a week or fortnight of previous discomfort and chaotic tergiversation, and the mistress of it all distracted and worn out with endless cares.
From Pink and White Tyranny A Society Novel by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
Raging with indignation at what he conceived to be the tergiversation of his leader and the treachery to his hero, Bland-Burges once again forced himself upon the attention of the House.
From A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III by McCarthy, Justin
