How to Use untrue in a Sentence

untrue

adjective

• He made untrue statements to the press.
• Her lover had been untrue.
• The first—and best—way is to not make claims that are untrue.
  — Erica Brinker, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
• And some of the claims in the episode are demonstrably untrue.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 July 2021
• While the story is likely untrue, that doesn't stop the thing-a-lings.
  — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 18 Feb. 2022
• The 21-year-old doesn’t blame her fans for falling for untrue videos, though.
  — Amanda Curran, Glamour, 3 Mar. 2023
• At the same time, there’s so much within the novel that reads as trite, out of place, and untrue.
  — John Tamny, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2021
• White House spokesman Judd Deere said Troye’s claims were untrue.
  — Rob Crilly, Washington Examiner, 17 Sep. 2020
• The claim was untrue, and soon the homesteading plan was riddled with problems.
  — New York Times, 16 Mar. 2022
• At least one point Toomey made turned out to be patently untrue.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 8 June 2020
• There are so many untrue claims that some people question the true ones.
  — Katie Robertson, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023
• The seller said the dog was housebroken, which proved to be untrue.
  — Te-Ping Chen, WSJ, 23 Oct. 2020
• On Sunday, a lawyer for the county said the assertion that the case had been shelved was untrue.
  — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2024
• But to be honest, Fil’s prediction skills have proven to be untrue in the past.
  — oregonlive, 2 Feb. 2023
• Hud says his mom is a singer with a Grammy, but one of these details is untrue.
  — Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 11 July 2024
• The City Council’s statement said that this claim was untrue.
  — Maria Varenikova, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2024
• Of course, this doesn’t mean that the stories behind each of these assets are untrue.
  — Rob Berger, Forbes, 29 May 2021
• The state claimed the evidence showed both statements were untrue.
  — Dakin Andone, CNN, 30 June 2023
• But Trump’s claim of a record being shattered is untrue.
  — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2023
• The notion that trans girls are a threat or pose danger to cis girls is simply untrue.
  — Joanna Hoffman, SELF, 24 Aug. 2023
• At the time, Cuomo’s office said the exchange was untrue.
  — Marisa Schultz, Fox News, 21 Mar. 2021
• The problem, observers say, is that many of Chega’s statements are untrue.
  — Catarina Fernandes Martins, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
• His show began a few months after the untrue statements aired on the network.
  — Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2023
• Simply claiming to have served in the military or to have won a medal, even if untrue, is not a crime.
  — Rebekah L. Sanders, The Arizona Republic, 25 Oct. 2022
• The Daily Mail named the suspects on its front page as Stephen’s killers, telling them to sue for libel if this was untrue.
  — Robert Hutton, Bloomberg.com, 11 Aug. 2020
• At least a portion of the information on the screenshot turned out to be untrue.
  — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2023
• The picture that is being painted of me is ugly and untrue.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 15 June 2022
• Kara-Murza was able to communicate to his lawyer that this is untrue.
  — Nr Editors, National Review, 2 Feb. 2024
• In response to the bored faces of the House’s visitors, Lettice begins to spin wildly fanciful – and untrue – tales of the hall’s history, delighting the tourists but running afoul of the rather stern official from the Preservation Trust.
  — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2024
• His argument: propaganda does not always have to be insincere or untrue.
  — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024