(1) The Treasury displayed the utmost determination, ingenuity, tergiversation and meanness of spirit in trying to cut his fees.(2) You may call it tergiversation , but we pros call it diplomacy.(3) A small, red-headed, squinting man, Clarendon described him as of u2018extraordinary cunningu2019, though in the end his contorted tergiversations overwhelmed him.(4) And partly because, speaking as a natural tergiversator until the last moment, human development can be very quick in a high-conflict or high-pressure situation, much quicker than normal.(5) The thought of tergiversating crossed his mind several times but like a true soldier he continued with the War, against the enemy and against himself.(6) But then he made another statement that is worth reviewing in full, because it reflects a matter that has largely been elided by some tergiversators who have chosen to spin this whole matter.