How to Use polygraph in a Sentence

polygraph

noun

• They hooked him up to the polygraph and began the test.
• She was asked to take a polygraph.
• But that soldier passed a polygraph test and had been cleared by the Army.
  — Andrea Estes, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Sep. 2022
• Sanders failed three polygraphs; some of his friends failed, too.
  — CBS News, 25 Mar. 2019
• And about that polygraph test that Jason was said to have failed?
  — David Begnaud, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2023
• This would start with the polygraph test and therapist’s notes, and go back 36 years.
  — WSJ, 15 Oct. 2018
• But this was his first White Marlin Open and his first polygraph.
  — Ben Finley, Houston Chronicle, 16 Dec. 2017
• The Raiders’ guy reportedly passed a polygraph test, the 49ers’ guy flunked a drug test.
  — Dwight Perry / Sideline Chatter, The Seattle Times, 5 May 2017
• Norma was interviewed quite a few times … One of the things that she was asked to do is take a polygraph.
  — CBS News, 13 June 2017
• After the polygraph, Brown seemed confused by the results.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2022
• And then, in late 2009, Chris sat through and passed a six-hour polygraph test, was declared innocent, and set free.
  — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Aug. 2020
• There are moments of spark here, as when Owen attempts to coach Max through tricking a polygraph test.
  — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 16 Dec. 2022
• Police brought King back two days later for a polygraph.
  — Dallas Morning News, 8 Apr. 2020
• Hern denied the allegations and passed a polygraph test, so charges were not filed at that time.
  — oregonlive, 12 June 2020
• The same can be said of Simmons turning to a polygraph test and TMZ somehow obtaining footage of it.
  — Michael Arceneaux, Essence.com, 15 Dec. 2017
• Always testing the bona fides of friends, like the hipster equivalent of a polygraph.
  — Ian Penman, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
• Vance agreed to take a polygraph test, but then didn't show up for the interview, detectives said.
  — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2024
• O’Neill said Culver volunteered to take a polygraph and passed it.
  — oregonlive, 1 Nov. 2019
• Keith, who passed a polygraph test in the case, said that Sherri only weighed 87 pounds when she was found and that her long blond hair had been cut short.
  — Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 20 June 2024
• His polygraph bluff gave McCarthy an excuse to storm out of the proceedings.
  — Larry Tye, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2020
• For me the biggest win — and lesson — was that I wasn’t denied clearance because of my polygraph test.
  — Khalid Abdulqaadir, New York Times, 29 July 2022
• After failing a polygraph test, Watts confessed to killing Shanann, who was pregnant, in the early hours of Aug. 13.
  — Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 13 Aug. 2019
• But the co-defendant failed a polygraph test prior to the trial — a fact never revealed to the defense.
  — Dan Rodricks, baltimoresun.com, 24 June 2017
• At least two other men were given polygraph tests in connection with the crime.
  — Dallas News, 22 Sep. 2020
• Pino also was scheduled to take a polygraph test but did not appear for it, the affidavit says.
  — Isabella Volmert, Dallas News, 12 Aug. 2023
• But Smith denied making his comment about the polygraph test when Hilland spoke with him in person the next year.
  — Christina Coulter, Fox News, 5 May 2024
• As part of her cooperation with In Touch, Daniels agreed to take a polygraph test to back up her statements.
  — Dylan Matthews, Vox, 24 Mar. 2018
• The chief also testified O’Neill passed a polygraph test.
  — Bill Ruthhart, chicagotribune.com, 2 July 2019
• After 2 years of interviews and testing, the last step was a routine polygraph test.
  — Douglas Starr, Science | AAAS, 5 Aug. 2021
• Maddox’s brother later failed a polygraph test, afterward blaming it on drinking until 5 a.m. the day of the test.
  — John Wisely, Detroit Free Press, 14 May 2024

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024