paltering

IPA: pˈɔɫtɝɪŋ

Examples of "paltering" in Sentences

Byron was not above "paltering" with his readers "in
But we have 'paltering' and 'palterly'.p. 232 _Hoggerds.
And yet (the fact is palpable) the Democrats are paltering.
The time speedily arrived, however, when a persistence in this reticence would have involved me in an unworthy paltering with truth.
The word "paltering" I reject, as vague; as to "tentative," he must show that I was tentative in my sermons; and he has eight volumes to look through.
What I mean by "fostering day-to-day ignorance" is paltering with the truth for no reason at all, and in such a way as to make people stupider in their real lives.
Loving you, he should, in the name of common sense, be doing something that would give him the right to marry, instead of paltering around with those stories of his and with childish dreams.
All the faltering, paltering and useless procrastinating by Hillary and her ilk have worked to delay any effective Democratic-backed change in the Iraq War, and, by extension, the reining-in of Cheney plans against Iran.
“And thou, old man, if thou art insensible to threats of personal danger in this matter, remember, that if thou art found paltering with us, thy punishment will perhaps be more severe than any we can inflict upon thy person.”