How to Use dishonesty in a Sentence

dishonesty

noun

• Are you accusing him of dishonesty?
• Rest assured that there has been no dishonesty or wrongdoing by us.
  — Adam Edelman, NBC News, 1 Mar. 2018
• There is a tendency to assume that once money is involved, greed and dishonesty are involved, too.
  — Sarah Midkiff, refinery29.com, 25 Mar. 2018
• Weithorn says her decision to drop mention of MIT isn’t an admission of dishonesty.
  — David Smiley, miamiherald, 4 Apr. 2018
• It is not structured to withstand simultaneous avalanches of greed, dishonesty, and rank idiocy.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 28 Feb. 2018
• Americans’ tendency to be trusting seems to have exacted a heavy cost — but accepting dishonesty as a norm, online or off, could be even more damaging.
  — David Z. Morris, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2018
• Both deputies — whose records were easily discoverable through a Google search — had been fired for incidents involving dishonesty or false statements.
  — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024
• The lying and dishonesty, however, is affecting the emotional strength of our relationship.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 15 Apr. 2018
• The lying and dishonesty, however, are affecting the emotional strength of our relationship.
  — Amy Dickinson, chicagotribune.com, 15 Apr. 2018
• Only the names of Liza Gonzalez and Thomas Negron — former deputies who court records show were fired for dishonesty — were made public, a move the state has not explained.
  — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2024
• That’s a breach of your agreement and an act of dishonesty.
  — New York Times, 22 June 2022
• The Little Liar is a parable that shows the high cost of dishonesty.
  — Shannon Carlin, Time, 23 Aug. 2023
• Worse was the dishonesty of Biden’s sales pitch for his policies.
  — The Editors, National Review, 29 Apr. 2021
• And there is a whole lot of dishonesty in right-wing media about the results.
  — Brian Stelter, CNN, 28 Oct. 2020
• But throwin the word cheating around is such click bait dishonesty.
  — Aurelie Corinthios, PEOPLE.com, 22 May 2018
• And even bigger than the spending spree and dishonesty is your spouse’s refusal to own the errors and do the work.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 20 June 2023
• The arguments have changed, but the dishonesty has not.
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 22 Sep. 2020
• And his dishonesty has not been limited to the subject of the election.
  — Daniel Dale, CNN, 28 Aug. 2021
• The last few hours alone have brought news of fresh new forms of Trumpian dishonesty that have managed to shock even the people who were looking for it.
  — Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, 2 May 2018
• Next to them the cynicism and dishonesty of Alan Simpson will be placed in sharp contrast.
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2022
• The Daily Show is supposed to cut through the media’s dishonesty, not parrot it.
  — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2024
• The truth is, dishonesty isn’t just something other people get caught up in.
  — Ron Carucci, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2021
• Petty dishonesty has an amazing way of nudging the Karmic wheel.
  — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 23 Apr. 2023
• The Lord tells His followers to speak with trust and honesty and avoid wrongdoing, as dishonesty is in the same vein as hatred.
  — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 11 July 2022
• Kaitlyn Dever, 24, is the best thing about the film as Zoe, who falls into a romance built on dishonesty with Evan.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press, 24 Sep. 2021
• Kaitlyn Dever, who is the best thing about the film as Zoe, who falls into a romance built on dishonesty with Evan, is 24.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 21 Sep. 2021
• For what did this place, established by the British and built in the image of their great universities, stand for but dishonesty?
  — Veronica Chambers, New York Times, 28 June 2019
• Standing by a company that pays shareholders from the spoils of dishonesty is a bad look.
  — Derek Newton, Forbes, 11 May 2021
• Your being jealous of my race is no excuse for your dishonesty.
  — Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 20 Nov. 2022
• Ariely came to owe his reputation to his work on dishonesty.
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 25 Oct 2024