| 单词 | prevaricator |
| 例句 | He was “a chronic prevaricator whose lies were so gaudy and wrapped around they might have been a medieval tapestry of what almost or never happened.” Books of The Times: Southern Writer With a Soft Spot for Wild Men Metes Out High-Octane Bonbons 2010-12-28T20:32:04Z Wallace, while remaining respectful and calm, didn’t allow the prevaricator in chief to get away with too much. Perspective | Sure, Chris Wallace did a tough Trump interview. But it’s a fig leaf for Fox’s usual sycophancy. 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z America has had prevaricators in the Oval Office before, but never one who has been at war with the truth as regularly, on so many different subjects. Analysis: Donald Trump’s war on truth confronts another test with voters 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z Yet many Britons confess they don’t really know Truss, not the way they knew Johnson — former London mayor, newspaper columnist, Brexit cheerleader, serial prevaricator. Liz Truss gets queen’s nod, becomes U.K. prime minister, in day of pageantry 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z Not the way they knew Boris Johnson — former London mayor, newspaper columnist, colorful orator, serial prevaricator — when he took office just a few years ago. Who is Liz Truss, a shapeshifter set to be U.K.’s next prime minister? 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z Speaking as both storyteller and concerned world citizen, Jenkins says going after geopolitical prevaricators is not enough when dealing with such existential crises as climate change. How Patty Jenkins turned ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ into a personal Washington story 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z “This is the prevaricator in chief, who wants people like you to be distracted from the real underlying issues here,” he said. Trump’s promise to resist oversight by Congress sets up clash that could last years 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z No one has been given more airtime and ink to spread his lies than Rep. Adam Schiff, California Democrat, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and chief prevaricator. Media amplified Adam Schiff’s voice, shouted down the truth 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z Then professional prevaricator Tucker Carlson attempted to whitewash the slogan on his show, which, during the Trump era, has become a reliable conduit for white nationalist talking points. ‘It’s OK to be white’ is not a joke, it’s careless politicians helping the far right | Jason Wilson 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Then we have one of these prevaricators saying the $1K more, people will have will let them remodel their kitchen, while his wife pays that for shoes. Opinion | Republicans, Trapped by Their Flimflam 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z To the right, Trump is an incompetent loudmouth, a shameless prevaricator and an undisciplined buffoon who threatens to destroy the conservative principles that make American great. Are there ways anti-Trump resisters and #NeverTrump conservatives can work together to rid us of our noxious president? 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z But can the man who has established himself as one of history’s most prodigious prevaricators convince the country that the former FBI director, celebrated for his integrity, is just another lying liar? Opinion | Of course Trump called Comey a liar: That’s always been his strategy 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z Reporters try to craft ironclad questions so that even the best prevaricator can’t find an out, while the professional mouthpiece for the president bobs and weaves and dodges until he runs out the clock. Sean Spicer a TV star at White House briefings, ‘SNL’ 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z No one was under the gun to vote for an evil prevaricator. Why Trump Had an Edge in the Electoral College 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z Trump is a lazy prevaricator; his statements about the black community are largely incorrect. Insult politics: Donald Trump thinks he can appeal to black voters by parroting misconceptions and fallacies about them 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z Sanders is the rare politician who is not a schmoozer or a pleaser or a prevaricator. Bernie Sanders’s Struggle Continues 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z On Tuesday night, notorious prevaricator and Fox host Bill O’Reilly was a guest on “The Late Show” with David Letterman. Bill O’Reilly’s weak defense: “What I did was accurate” 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z The most recent prevaricator is McCain, who has of late been telling anyone with a television camera that the crisis in Iraq is the fault of the Obama administration because it pulled the troops out. Who’s to Blame for the Islamic State Crisis in Iraq? Now, after , Republicans are calling the law a sham and the president a prevaricator. Obamacare Mishaps Leave Democrats Fuming 2013-11-07T10:54:49Z Is that a master of the universe, that charmless prevaricator with less self-awareness than an ape? The Barclays ethos infects our culture. Purge the entire board 2012-07-05T19:30:01Z I don’t know what your object in coming here really is, for I believe that as a prevaricator, you have Ananias backed off the board. The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z "You young prevaricator!" he exclaimed, tapping his pistols significantly. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z Oh, Molly Brown, what a poor prevaricator you do make! Molly Brown's Post-Graduate Days 2011-05-27T02:00:15.860Z They alternately persecuted one another; they transmitted to Rome whole volumes of slander; and treated each other as infidels and prevaricators for the sake of one soul. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z J. C. Jeafferson cites a long list of facts to prove that Shelley was a wilful prevaricator. The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources 2011-03-08T03:00:45.010Z Ostentatiously grooming his mustache and eyebrows while peering into a hand-held mirror, he is the ultimate braggart and prevaricator, itching for a comeuppance. | New Jersey: Chicanery Abounds in a New ?All?s Well? 2010-09-25T00:31:00Z You and I are outclassed by these twentieth century prevaricators concerning whom late arrivals from the upper world tell such strange things. Mr. Munchausen Being a True Account of Some of the Recent Adventures beyond the Styx of the Late Hieronymus Carl Friedrich, Sometime Baron Munchausen of Bodenwerder But Mrs. Harrison gave it up when it was found that Bob had been such a–a prevaricator.” The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks He will surely be heard from again some day, as he has the elements that go to make up a successful prevaricator. A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories You tried to be severe with me, Helen; but your voice didn’t ring true, and you are the poorest sort of prevaricator I know. The Silent Barrier But an Englishman is nothing if not a prevaricator; he calls it being scrupulously truthful. When Ghost Meets Ghost “But I didn’t know,” whined the distressed Phelan, yielding himself utterly to the toils of the master prevaricator. Officer 666 We signify to you that in our presence the name of the anathematised prevaricator, Acacius, was struck out of the diptychs, as likewise that of the other bishops who followed him in communion. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I He was a liar by instinct and a prevaricator by trade. The Van Dwellers A Strenuous Quest for a Home They are denounced as "insubordinate," "disturbers of the peace," and worthless prevaricators. The Indian To-day The Past and Future of the First American Could you, in an emergency, do yourself justice as an eminent prevaricator? A Black Adonis It takes up a goodly list of zealous calumniators and cheerful prevaricators and tacks their pelts on the barn-door of obliquity. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators I believe he is the most accomplished prevaricator I ever met. The Lure of the Mask A special list of grievances is drawn up against the principal prevaricators; their names are there, and their crimes; the king's mistress, Alice Perrers, is not forgotten. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Knows what I think of him, no doubt—for a brazen young prevaricator! The Outcry Diamond told him he was a natural-born prevaricator, and let it go at that. Frank Merriwell's Races Such a precious trinity of prevaricators is very seldom seen in a courtroom, a place where liars much do congregate. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators You are a prevaricator, for you tell things which are not so. Mother West Wind's Children Why is a colossal liar a great diplomatist, and a petty prevaricator a base and ignoble fraud? My New Curate The captain is the official prevaricator of the Grand Cañon. Roughing it De Luxe "Hampton's a prevaricator," he said gravely, as he looked down into the merry blue eyes turned up to him. Judith of Blue Lake Ranch To go after the prevaricators, and track them to their holes, is to make much of little, and lift the liars into the realm of equals. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators Mr. Rabbit, you are all these—a lazy, shiftless sneak, thief and prevaricator.' Mother West Wind's Children "What glorified prevaricators these men are, Grace, are they not?" said Rose. The Wedge of Gold To the first class belongs 'circulator', 'educator', 'imitator', 'moderator', 'negotiator', 'prevaricator', with which 'gladiator' associates itself; to the second belongs 'competitor'. Society for Pure English Tract 4 The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from the Latin "Ham, you're an unmitigated prevaricator," cried Fat as he scratched and made faces. Buffalo Roost "Then why don't you come back at Heller and make him out the prevaricator he is?" Tom Fairfield's Pluck and Luck It was really hard when she was in his presence to think of him as an audacious prevaricator—and perhaps worse. Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper I considered her to be a cheerful prevaricator, and told her she didn't know what she was talking about. Sweetapple Cove It would have made you smile to hear the prevaricator, in his jocular way, give him his title and character to face.—A. A Collection of College Words and Customs That is how I would have my country drawn, were I a Canadian—and hung in Ottawa Parliament House, for the discouragement of prevaricators. Letters of Travel (1892-1913) You are the most charming prevaricator I know. Revelations of a Wife The Story of a Honeymoon CRITIC, Dramatic, a notorious prevaricator who tells the world to see all the shows, and thus preserves the advertising column for his employers. Who Was Who: 5000 BC - 1914 Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be Sometimes one will not be able to determine whether the individual is a true pathological liar or merely a prevaricator for a normal purpose. Pathology of Lying, accusation, and swindling: a study in forensic psychology He should not need have pursued me through the various shapes of a divine, a doctor, a head of a college, a professor, a prevaricator, a mathematician.—Bp. A Collection of College Words and Customs Say-gulls," replied the prevaricator; then to himself: "Not a sight or a sound of them! The Blue Lagoon: a romance Let the present generation perish, let the old prevaricators die in the desert! the holy earth shall not cover their bones. What is Property? He was not willingly a prevaricator, and hated thoroughly to make explanations concerning it. Sister Carrie: a Novel It is very certain that frequently this type of prevaricator has very little conception of the social antagonism which his habit arouses. Pathology of Lying, accusation, and swindling: a study in forensic psychology Formerly, one appointed to write a satirical Latin poem at the public Acts in the University of Oxford; not unlike the prevaricator at Cambridge, Eng.—Webster. A Collection of College Words and Customs She was not alone a dunce when it came to acting, she was a prevaricator as well. The Girls of Central High Aiding the Red Cross Or Amateur Theatricals for a Worthy Cause I really don't feel in the mood, when all those friends are under my roof, to stand here and brand them as prevaricators. All-Wool Morrison "Li—I mean prevaricators," said Allen cheerfully, and the girls gasped in dismay. The Outdoor Girls in Army Service Or, doing their bit for the soldier boys He would not compromise on such matters and prevaricators who had to do with him did not emerge creditably. Battle Studies You see," went on the prevaricator cheerfully, "it would be necessary to run down to Toronto soon anyway. Up the Hill and Over So Max, while not wishing to deliberately tell the man to his face that he was a prevaricator, set about catching him in a little trap. At Whispering Pine Lodge But he was a poor prevaricator at any time, and his daughter was looking him straight in the eye. Cap'n Dan's Daughter Oliver refers to Archbishop Laud as a "deep-dyed liar," and in the Cathedral, at Ely, he once interrupted the services by calling the officiating clergyman, "a pious prevaricator." Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers I'm a prevaricator of the truth, but only when it's abserlutely necessary. Vicky Van Seven weeks' travel through bicycleless territory would undoubtedly convert an angel into a hardened prevaricator, so far as answering questions is concerned. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran We have seen various actors passing before us in this drama, but I doubt if any of them have been more picturesque than this champion prevaricator. The Romance of the Colorado River The Story of its Discovery in 1840, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons All of us have to be prevaricators, hypocrites and liars every day of our lives; otherwise the social structure would fall into pieces the first day. Rolling Stones Dear, dear, what a poor prevaricator the best prevaricator is! The Judgment House After a minute they calls on their leadin' prevaricator for a yarn. Wolfville "No, but I do not respect them—they are less saints than humbugs, than prevaricators whose first word is God, and second word rouble." Through Russia |
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