Example Sentences

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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.

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.