Sentence examples for prevarication in from inspiring English sources

They also accused him of "deliberate prevarication in order to mislead the committee".

EUROPEAN UNION delegates, investigating Iran's dismal human-rights record, were treated to decorous prevarication in Tehran this week.

But then he delivers a damning description of how prevarication in Washington creates deepening anti-Americanism among the rebels.

Turkey's fear over the Kurds has led it to ignore its anger at what it sees as US prevarication in moving against Bashar al-Assad.

There are no reasonable arguments left for ad-hoc and largely ineffectual initiatives, for prevarication in the name of dialogue or further study.

That she has now had another change of heart may be down to the increasingly critical press coverage of her prevarication in Germany.

"The Concise Book of Lying" aims to be a kind of Arthur Murray guide, complete with diagrammatic footsteps for the clumsy, as well as examples of notable prevarications in history, mythology and literature.

Neither candidate sustained a serious loss of poise, although Clinton's evasions and prevarications in a couple places – on releasing transcripts of her Goldman Sachs speeches, on having supported a $15 federal minimum wage and on supporting raising caps on taxable social security income – seemed to leave her exposed.

He has given General McChrystal the chance to achieve the first, crucial part of his strategy: to regain the initiative in a war that has been slipping inexorably into the enemy's hands.The problem lies not just in Mr Obama's long prevarication but in his presentation of the outcome.

Alexander grew increasingly unhappy about Henry's prevarication and in 1258 sent an envoy to England, threatening to excommunicate Henry if he did not first pay his debts to the Papacy and then send the promised army to Sicily.

Cameron has a majority of 12 in the Commons – which has already shown itself vulnerable to pressure, despite Labour prevarication – and none in the Lords.