equivocate
verb (used without object)
to use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead; prevaricate or hedge.
was equivocating
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past progressiveof equivocate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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 George Barr McCutcheon
She was equivocating to him on her death-bed.
From East Lynne by Mrs. Henry Wood
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 Arthur E. Becher
