Under these circumstances it was wisest to temporise. From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
When he meets his wife and child, he tries to temporise but fails. From Wordnik.com. [Authors of Greece] Reference
Strether was an abrupt reaction, a final impatience of his own tendency to temporise. From Wordnik.com. [The Ambassadors] Reference
The greatness of the required sacrifice came over her and therewith the desire to temporise. From Wordnik.com. [The Collectors] Reference
He seemed half inclined to temporise, and then, with a short laugh, he resumed his own seat again. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery of the Four Fingers] Reference
Philip Hamlyn to temporise, to affect ignorance, and say, What woman? just as if his mind were not full of the woman, and of nothing else. From Wordnik.com. [The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 5, May, 1891] Reference
They desired to temporise until their leader came. From Wordnik.com. [The War in the Air] Reference
Henry was forced, much against his will, to temporise. From Wordnik.com. [Henry VIII.] Reference
'I must temporise,' Herbert thought to himself, placidly. From Wordnik.com. [Philistia] Reference
Even then I had to temporise, for he turned impatiently away. From Wordnik.com. [Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer] Reference
She began to temporise, hoping to conquer his resistance later. From Wordnik.com. [The Princess And The Jewel Doctor 1905] Reference
It shows the spirit of the times: he is obliged to temporise. '. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Johnson, Volume 2 1765-1776] Reference
However, it is better to temporise than to risk all and lose all. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop's Secret] Reference
Government, which was obliged to temporise, and at last to yield. From Wordnik.com. [A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II] Reference
Don John, who was at Huy, saw that it was necessary to temporise. From Wordnik.com. [History of Holland] Reference
In vain, according to his wont, did he again attempt to temporise. From Wordnik.com. [Political Women (Vol. 1 of 2)] Reference
Once more she must temporise, and hope for courage on another day. From Wordnik.com. [The Paying Guest] Reference
She tried to temporise, and on September 3 a great riot broke out in. From Wordnik.com. [A Short History of Scotland] Reference
Lessart, who strove to temporise, and to refer all the differences of. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution] Reference
Tuiatafu, set out for the German consulate, still minded to temporise. From Wordnik.com. [A Footnote to History Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa] Reference
"If you attempt to temporise," he said, "you will be beaten, for sure.". From Wordnik.com. [Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece] Reference
I pity him from my soul, for he can, at best, only temporise with truth. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2)] Reference
Court, refused to temporise with rebels, or to make any compromise with the. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Modern Europe, 1792-1878] Reference
Must it hesitate and temporise while the blood of its citizens was being shed?. From Wordnik.com. [The United States of America, Part 1] Reference
They alarmed both Howard and James just sufficiently to induce them to temporise. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography] Reference
He liked to blind himself to the inevitable end, to temporise with the truth, whereas. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Hope] Reference
His desire not to be harsh, coupled with his unreadiness, led Mr. Anderson to temporise. From Wordnik.com. [Fifty-Two Stories For Girls] Reference
As a hang-fire, perhaps, while parties temporise and readjust themselves to a new balance. From Wordnik.com. [Angels & Ministers] Reference
The professor liked to have his jokes remembered; but still he seemed inclined to temporise. From Wordnik.com. [A Bookful of Girls] Reference
We must not evade a difficulty because it is delicate and dangerous, and we must not temporise. From Wordnik.com. [Principles of Freedom] Reference
Since he engaged Iran, it has continued to temporise and dissimulate over its nuclear programme. From Wordnik.com. [The Economist: Correspondent's diary] Reference
Innocent was not in a position to drive him to extremes, and was obliged to temporise for a time. From Wordnik.com. [The Church and the Empire, Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 1003 to A.D. 1304] Reference
Jean, who knew men, and read them without error, realised that this was not a moment to temporise. From Wordnik.com. [The Angel of Terror] Reference
There was something in Meschini's language that sounded like argument, and to argue was to temporise. From Wordnik.com. [Sant' Ilario] Reference
I felt, I knew, this to be false, but a moment's reflection told me that it was better at present to temporise. From Wordnik.com. [Japhet in Search of a Father] Reference
Well, the effect of it for Strether was an abrupt reaction, a final impatience of his own tendency to temporise. From Wordnik.com. [The Ambassadors] Reference
I meant to temporise with these intruders -- to soften their rough spirits by sweetness and gentleness of demeanour. From Wordnik.com. [Fibble, D.D.] Reference
Penn, therefore, exhorted the Fellows not to rely on the goodness of their cause, but to submit, or at least to temporise. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2] Reference
He must either temporise a little, or go away and hide, or go straight on doing His work until the night came and He could work no more. From Wordnik.com. [The New Theology] Reference
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