How to Use untruthful in a Sentence
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To the untruthful slime ball on book tour Have a truthful and well-seasoned weekend!
— Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2018 -
To say that there’s been one moment that’s impressed me more than others that would be untruthful.
— Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 14 Sep. 2022 -
Biased, drunk, untruthful The current list was compiled by top aides to Williams.
— Mark Fazlollah, Philly.com, 16 Mar. 2018 -
In fact, the untruthful gossip may have been one of the main reasons that the makeup mogul kept her pregnancy private from the public eye.
— refinery29.com, 28 Mar. 2018 -
Gai was untruthful about his contact with the deputies that day and tried to hide his role in the decision, authorities say.
— Drew Broach, NOLA.com, 17 Mar. 2018 -
Other details, such as her claim that Castile had his hands up when he was shot, also were untruthful, Gray told the jury.
— Sarah Horner, Twin Cities, 12 June 2017 -
Still, the judge noted that being present and untruthful wasn't enough to support a conviction.
— Jacques Billeaud, The Arizona Republic, 27 Nov. 2021 -
Depp’s legions of online fans have focused on their belief that Heard has been untruthful.
— Staff and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 2 June 2022 -
Had the board discovered Williams was untruthful, members could have used this as a reason to deny his license.
— Anne Ryman, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2021 -
There have been quite a few episodes where your research shows that the convicted has likely been untruthful with their own family.
— Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2022 -
Then-Chief Danielle Outlaw didn’t agree that Hollins was untruthful and instead demoted him.
— oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2020 -
Explain that, please. The amount of untruthful stuff that is written is unbelievable.
— Eric Johnson, Recode, 2 Nov. 2018 -
To lie, editors reasoned, means to intend to be untruthful.
— Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2022 -
Look, the World Health Organization made all sorts of- of un-untruthful or misinformed claims about this virus.
— CBS News, 21 Feb. 2021 -
Whether Comey's answer was untruthful may turn on the question of authorization.
— Glenn Kessler, chicagotribune.com, 18 Mar. 2018 -
Michael Wolff is a total loser who made up stories in order to sell this really boring and untruthful book.
— CBS News, 6 Jan. 2018 -
Kardashian late Monday addressed the tape and said Swift was being untruthful.
— NBC News, 23 Mar. 2020 -
Haley was also found to be untruthful in his narrative of Nichols' arrest, the documents said.
— Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 8 Feb. 2023 -
Gabbie’s video paints an untruthful picture of what happened.
— Luke Winkie, Vulture, 30 June 2021 -
The work’s true—untruthful—nature was known to only a handful of people at Magnum and Gost, Bendiksen’s publisher.
— Tom Simonite, Wired, 6 Oct. 2021 -
The most -- another way of looking at our suspicion of each other: Is the other party untruthful?
— NBC News, 24 July 2022 -
And people were saying ugly and often untruthful things.
— Hope Reese, Vox, 21 Nov. 2018 -
Libel suits filed against a regular person can succeed merely if the statements are proven untruthful.
— oregonlive, 7 July 2022 -
However, one lens of criticism on the Left has involved unfair and untruthful smearing.
— Adam M. Carrington, National Review, 17 Dec. 2023 -
Ravnsborg, who has said little about the crash, denied being untruthful in a brief interview in February.
— CBS News, 12 Apr. 2022 -
But mainly, some moms and dads feel quite strongly that involving Santa in their Christmas traditions amounts to being untruthful with their kids.
— Melissa Willets, Parents, 24 Nov. 2023 -
One indictment relates to the untruthful actions Haynes, Meany and Goodlett allegedly took in obtaining the warrant to search Taylor's apartment.
— Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 5 Aug. 2022 -
Bolsonaro made the untruthful claims in a live video broadcast on multiple social media platforms in October.
— Juliana Kochs, CNN, 4 Dec. 2021 -
This is totally inaccurate, untruthful and does not reflect the values of New Orleans.
— Kevin Litten, NOLA.com, 20 Jan. 2018 -
Police allege that many of the statements Brian gave after his wife’s disappearance were untruthful.
— Anisha Kohli, Time, 13 Jan. 2023
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