temporizing

The New York _Journal_ obtained and published a private letter written by the Spanish Minister, De Lome, in which McKinley was characterized as a temporizing politician.

The New Nation William E. [Editor] Dodd 1912

Mr. Horsman, struggling against every kind of temporizing and trickery, has to do the work which bishops, by virtue of their seat in the House of Lords, ought to have been doing years ago.

Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography Charles Kingsley 1847

It might have been more professional, mind you, to send a bug-off form letter at the start, rather than temporizing and ducking inquiries for more than two months.

Archive 2009-11-01 2009

More substantively he supplied offensive arms to Israel, a break with the temporizing policy of his three immediate predecessors.

Ariel Gonzalez: Infallible Israel Ariel Gonzalez 2011

Sounds like temporizing and a rationalization not to act.

Something That Was Once Worth Being Proud Of Became Something Worth Apologizing For | ATTACKERMAN 2009

"The United States and Europe are temporizing on a no-flight zone," she wrote.

The Collapse of Internationalism Daniel Henninger 2011

More substantively he supplied offensive arms to Israel, a break with the temporizing policy of his three immediate predecessors.

Ariel Gonzalez: Infallible Israel Ariel Gonzalez 2011

I remind her that the nasogastric tube is only a temporizing measure and that it has already been in for far too long.

Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011

Second, the debate must recognize that time is no longer on the West's side: Further temporizing in the face of our choice of evils inevitably means that Iran will get to make the choice for us.

Now For a Real Iran Debate Bret Stephens 2011

I remind her that the nasogastric tube is only a temporizing measure and that it has already been in for far too long.

Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011