How to Use dishonesty in a Sentence

dishonesty

noun
  • Are you accusing him of dishonesty?
  • Trump himself denounced the dishonesty of Democrats who tried to blame him for his predecessor’s cruelty.
    Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 25 June 2018
  • When everyone agrees the cover is factually wrong the elite media can have a better sense why so many Americans are sick of the dishonesty and falsehoods.
    Jen Kirby, Vox, 22 June 2018
  • Gianforte’s remarks aim to conceal his responsibility for the attack and his dishonesty about it, Genth wrote.
    Matt Volz, The Seattle Times, 26 Oct. 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Sometimes this is true, but there’s little use in inviting dishonesty from the outset.
    Yec, Forbes, 19 May 2022
  • The network's dishonesty about the dangers of vaccines is putting its audience at risk.
    Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 13 July 2021
  • Your brother just did time for dishonesty, in some form or another.
    Carolyn Hax, Detroit Free Press, 28 Oct. 2019
  • But dishonesty drives a wedge in a relationship, Dr. Taitz says.
    Elizabeth Bernstein, WSJ, 3 May 2022
  • My question is: What should be my reaction to this level of dishonesty?
    Annie Lane, oregonlive, 11 Dec. 2022
  • Spencer’s dishonesty was so well known that the Indian Rights Association urged the Army to fire him.
    Kathleen Sharp For Propublica, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Prosecutors want the messages recounted before a jury to show Amiri’s tendency toward dishonesty, according to court records.
    Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 12 July 2024
  • But Israel’s enemies have no monopoly on intellectual dishonesty.
    Ben Krull, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2024

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