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Prevaricating is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Prevaricating in a sentence

Related words

Prevaricating | Prevaricates

Prevaricating meaning

present participle and gerund of prevaricate

Using Prevaricating

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of prevaricate

Context around Prevaricating

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

presidential 1×

Often after:

ways 1× predecessor 1× outside 1×

Sentence patterns with Prevaricating

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

expose their prevaricating ways 1× investors still prevaricating on japan 1× like presidential prevaricating outside the 1× what his prevaricating predecessor would 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

but the buffett 1× they double down 1× this may look 1× when on assumption 1×

Common sentence endings:

democratic sour grapes 1× should be asking 1× their prevaricating ways 1× tons of naira 1×

Words around Prevaricating

Just before it in the word index:

prevaricates 2 prevaricate 3 prevalently 5 prevalent 824 prevalence 529 prevails 148

Just after it in the word index:

prevarication 8 prevaricator 2 prevas 6 prevatte 2 prevc 2 prevedello 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 7 aacc 7 aacs 7 aafes 7 aah 7 aankh 7

Corpus analysis for Prevaricating

  • In this selection, "prevaricating" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, presidential, ways, predecessor and outside stand out and add context to how "prevaricating" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include expose their prevaricating ways and investors still prevaricating on japan. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "prevaricating" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with prevaricating

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

But the Buffett horizon question remains exactly the one investors still prevaricating on Japan should be asking. (17 words)

They double down on their falsehoods while standing in front of mountains of evidence that expose their prevaricating ways. (19 words)

This may look a lot less like presidential prevaricating outside the Beltway bubble, and a lot more like Democratic sour grapes. (21 words)

Longer example sentences

When, on assumption of office on May 29, the president announced the end of fuel subsidy, I applauded his courage to do what his prevaricating predecessor would not or could not do and save the nation tons of naira. (39 words)

This may look a lot less like presidential prevaricating outside the Beltway bubble, and a lot more like Democratic sour grapes. (21 words)

They double down on their falsehoods while standing in front of mountains of evidence that expose their prevaricating ways. (19 words)

Example sentences (4)

But the Buffett horizon question remains exactly the one investors still prevaricating on Japan should be asking.

They double down on their falsehoods while standing in front of mountains of evidence that expose their prevaricating ways.

When, on assumption of office on May 29, the president announced the end of fuel subsidy, I applauded his courage to do what his prevaricating predecessor would not or could not do and save the nation tons of naira.

This may look a lot less like presidential prevaricating outside the Beltway bubble, and a lot more like Democratic sour grapes.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "prevaricating" in a sentence?
An example: "But the Buffett horizon question remains exactly the one investors still prevaricating on Japan should be asking." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "prevaricating" from authentic English texts.
What does "prevaricating" mean?
Prevaricating means: present participle and gerund of prevaricate
How many example sentences with "prevaricating" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "prevaricating", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.