Sentence example with the word 'temporize'

temporize

be a timeserver, dawdle, dwell on, gain time, hang fire, lengthen, make time, prolong, spin out, stall off, talk against time

Definition v. draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time

Last update: July 22, 2015


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Paul was shrewd, calculating, tenacious; but on the other hand over-cautious, and inclined rather to temporize than to strike at the critical moment.   [verb]

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This increased his anxiety to temporize, which he did with signal success for more than two years, making ' The grave doubt as to the paternity of Matthew involved a doubt whether the great earl of Tyrone and his equally famous nephew Owen Roe had in fact any O'Neill blood in their veins.   [verb]

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The Senate always temporized; the measures proposed by the tribunes might be good, but they were inopportune.   [verb]

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However, I temporized with myself, of coursefor, was I not wavering between right and wrong, when the thing is always done.   [verb]

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At least he could sit secure from detection while he temporized with fate.   [Please select]

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Moreover, her powers of resistance had been so weakened that, like many women, she temporized.   [Please select]

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The die was cast; but Germany in reply merely temporized.   [Please select]

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He temporized, delayed, refused all appeals until the Assembly should meet.   [Please select]

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Now--" "I mean you haven't had time," the other temporized, hurriedly."   [Please select]

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If I lie, it is to temporize with lying Lest obliquity should suffer in the light.   [Please select]

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Thinking more of their prison than of attacking each other, they temporize, as though indifferent.   [Please select]

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