was equivocating
- past progressive of equivocate.
Example Sentences
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He knew he was equivocating but was fearful that if he said a hundred thousand she would take alarm.
From Her Weight in Gold by McCutcheon, George Barr
She was equivocating to him on her death-bed.
From East Lynne by Wood, Henry, Mrs.
It didn’t sound like my Dinky-Dunk of old, for I knew that he was equivocating and making excuses, that he was engineering our ill luck into an apology for worse conduct.
From The Prairie Mother by Becher, Arthur E.
