How to Use false in a Sentence

false

1 of 2 adjective

• He registered at the hotel under a false name.
• Indicate whether each of the following statements is true or false.
• Experts also worry that Musk could give false hope to the sick and injured.
  — Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2024
• Long, fluttery false lashes and glossy red lips added to the glam factor, as did her nails, which were sheer at the base and tipped in black with 3D bows.
  — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 16 Apr. 2024
• Notions that would have once been seen as being on the fringe, such as Mr. Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen, are mainstream.
  — Jennifer Medina, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2023
• The lawsuits come after the false posts from Burchett and the Missouri lawmakers sparked a social media firestorm in the wake of the shooting.
  — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2024
• Blue Jays fans are now in full conspiracy mode, saying Ohtani set up the false plane ride to get more money out of the Dodgers.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2023
• The Tennessee nurse stayed quiet in hopes that her silence would quiet false claims of her death.
  — Nbc News Digital Art Department, NBC news, 21 Dec. 2023
• Both were among the most important early spreaders of a false claim in May that there had been an explosion near the White House.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2023
• Rumors that schools could lose 20 staff positions are false, Rogers said.
  — Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 14 Feb. 2024
• Williams faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison for each of the three false statement counts.
  — Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 2 Nov. 2023
• Wheeler is also charged with filing an anonymous and false child abuse report against the two dads.
  — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2023
• Trump's false view that the election was stolen helped land him and dozen people of others in legal trouble in Georgia.
  — Jane C. Timm, NBC News, 17 Sep. 2023
• Protests and upheaval against the two men’s deaths, racial injustice and a war of false pretenses were ripping apart the nation’s very soul.
  — David Baldacci, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024
• One lucky collector will soon have the chance to own a unique piece of British history, as a set of Winston Churchill’s false teeth heads to auction next month.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2024
• As the podcast hosts note, Trump has claimed his words about election fraud and false claims about winning the election should be protected as free speech.
  — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 21 Mar. 2024
• The downside is that their speech can be hateful, harassing, false and harmful in other ways.
  — Erwin Chemerinsky, Twin Cities, 28 Feb. 2024
• This includes an intent to harm with prior knowledge that what was said is false or was said in reckless disregard for the truth.
  — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Dec. 2023
• On the other hand, there’s research implying that many false beliefs are little more than cheap talk.
  — Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
• That changed in the mid-20th century with the rise of Keynesian economics, which planted the false idea in Congress that deficit spending boosts growth.
  — Chris Edwards, National Review, 18 Dec. 2023
• Herbert could face up to 10 years in prison for the charge of theft of government money and up to five years for the charge of making a false statement, prosecutors said.
  — Maria Elena Little Endara, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2023
• Sign up for Fact Checker, our weekly review of what's true, false or in-between in politics.
  — Missy Ryan, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2024
• All of us can play a part in responsibly consuming and sharing information so that the spread of the truth outpaces the false.
  — Monica Wang, The Conversation, 13 Dec. 2023
• There was Dan Bishop for attorney general, who’d echoed false claims the 2020 election was stolen.
  — Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
• But Meadow, who sports a nose ring, false eyelashes and purple tips on her jet black hair, saw something more valuable here.
  — Laura Meckler, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Aug. 2023
• That follows years of false claims by Trump that the 2020 presidential election was stolen by President Biden.
  — Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2023
• But the suggestion that Tumblr was only about adult content prior to 2018 is false—and the idea that there’s no adult content there now is also false.
  — WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023
• Knowingly making a false statement on the document, for instance, is a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison and fines.
  — Serge F. Kovaleski, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2023
• As the day approached, there was a growing conviction—false but intriguing— that the invitation list was not just friends but a new Four Hundred of the World.
  — Gloria Steinem, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2024
• North has also been charged with misdemeanor false report of a crime and felony making false statements, according to court records.
  — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2023

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false

2 of 2 adverb

• The drive started with left tackle Charles Leno false-starting.
  — Star Tribune, 10 Nov. 2020
• Against the Buccaneers, the Cowboys offense false-started a league-worst four times.
  — Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2022
• The 49ers’ chances to keep the game close fizzled late when a touchdown was overturned, and Nick Mullens false-started on a sneak at the goal line and then threw an interception.
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 7 Dec. 2020
• With time winding down in a scoreless game, the Gladiators made the most of a penalty corner when two of the four Hereford defenders false-started, crossing the goal line before the ball was put in play.
  — Rich Scherr, baltimoresun.com, 13 Nov. 2021
• Meanwhile, forcing axioms, which deem the continuum hypothesis false by adding a new size of infinity, would also extend the frontiers of mathematics in other directions.
  — Quanta Magazine, 26 Nov. 2013
• The drive started with left tackle Charles Leno false-starting.
  — Star Tribune, 10 Nov. 2020
• Against the Buccaneers, the Cowboys offense false-started a league-worst four times.
  — Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2022
• The 49ers’ chances to keep the game close fizzled late when a touchdown was overturned, and Nick Mullens false-started on a sneak at the goal line and then threw an interception.
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 7 Dec. 2020
• With time winding down in a scoreless game, the Gladiators made the most of a penalty corner when two of the four Hereford defenders false-started, crossing the goal line before the ball was put in play.
  — Rich Scherr, baltimoresun.com, 13 Nov. 2021
• Meanwhile, forcing axioms, which deem the continuum hypothesis false by adding a new size of infinity, would also extend the frontiers of mathematics in other directions.
  — Quanta Magazine, 26 Nov. 2013

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024