47 examples of prevarications in sentences

'I can stand anything except prevarication.

Anything in the world, but prevarication, I can endure, with patience.

The extraordinary thing is that in the face of such prevarications as these, which are patent to the whole world, Britain at any moment of serious crisis always comes forward with the air of utmost sincerity and in an almost saintly pose as the champion of political morality!

He resolved, in the first place, to form new connections and alliances, and adopted a system of prevarication with France, as plainly appeared when their army was employed in Naples against the Spaniards who had laid siege to Gaeta.

" "That is mere prevarication.

THE LEGEND OF FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE All biographies consist of prevarications and all autobiographies of fiction.

This challenge was met with prevarication, which enraged Don Quixote, and clapping spurs to Rozinante he bore down upon the company with his lance couched.

He was early accustomed to accuracy in all his statements, and to speak of his faults and omissions without prevarication or disguise.

Almost half a century of lies and hypocricies and prevarications and meannesses!

But it appeared to him very remarkable that so much could happen, in so short a time, as the result of a mere momentary impulsive prevarication.

It is curious to notice with what ingenuity and how readily Parliament took advantage of the most trifling circumstances or of charges based upon the very slightest grounds to summon the officers of the Châtelet before its bar on suspicion of prevarication or of outrages against religion, morals, or the laws.

It is a city without commerce and without manufactures; or rather, its commerce is illicit, and its manufacturers are newspaper-correspondents, who weave tissues of fiction out of the warp of rumor and the web of prevarication.

'What detestable prevarications with Emmeline this will lead to!

And Ethel disguised her newly wedded state by a series of ingenious prevarications.

He called things by their right names; and what others styled prevarication, exaggeration, misstatement or hyperbole, he called a lie.

Her conscience was not troubled by the prevarication.

While they were trembling in their bed, not knowing what to answer, the Pupil drew his sword and exclaimed: "Come, now, no prevarication; you know it's fishing-tackle.

Prevarication and Explanation.

Prevarication and Explanation.

Prevarication is a difficult task, when time, place, and circumstances are favorable.

She hated prevarications and concealments, but if she must conceal something, she should have concealed more.

At one time, several years since, there were two or three petty thefts committed, (and a good deal of prevarication naturally followed,) mainly by new pupils, of whom a considerable number had been admitted at once.

" General Merritt did not tolerate any folly about "joint occupation," and sharply demanded the insurgents should restore the city the water supply from the mountain stream that is diverted from the Pasig to the city, and Aguinaldo claimed credit on the water question in these terms of prevarication and presumption.

" Arthur handed him the letter, somewhat to the other's surprise, for he had certainly been watching for an attempt at its destruction, or at least was prepared for prevarication and stratagem.

" "Mr. Wayne, this prevarication is as useless as it is unseemly.

47 examples of  prevarications  in sentences