How to Use false in a Sentence

false

1 of 2 adjective
  • He registered at the hotel under a false name.
  • Indicate whether each of the following statements is true or false.
  • Experts also worry that Musk could give false hope to the sick and injured.
    Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Long, fluttery false lashes and glossy red lips added to the glam factor, as did her nails, which were sheer at the base and tipped in black with 3D bows.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Notions that would have once been seen as being on the fringe, such as Mr. Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen, are mainstream.
    Jennifer Medina, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The lawsuits come after the false posts from Burchett and the Missouri lawmakers sparked a social media firestorm in the wake of the shooting.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Blue Jays fans are now in full conspiracy mode, saying Ohtani set up the false plane ride to get more money out of the Dodgers.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The Tennessee nurse stayed quiet in hopes that her silence would quiet false claims of her death.
    Nbc News Digital Art Department, NBC news, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Both were among the most important early spreaders of a false claim in May that there had been an explosion near the White House.
    Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Rumors that schools could lose 20 staff positions are false, Rogers said.
    Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Williams faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison for each of the three false statement counts.
    Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Wheeler is also charged with filing an anonymous and false child abuse report against the two dads.
    Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Trump's false view that the election was stolen helped land him and dozen people of others in legal trouble in Georgia.
    Jane C. Timm, NBC News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Protests and upheaval against the two men’s deaths, racial injustice and a war of false pretenses were ripping apart the nation’s very soul.
    David Baldacci, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024
  • One lucky collector will soon have the chance to own a unique piece of British history, as a set of Winston Churchill’s false teeth heads to auction next month.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2024
  • As the podcast hosts note, Trump has claimed his words about election fraud and false claims about winning the election should be protected as free speech.
    Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The downside is that their speech can be hateful, harassing, false and harmful in other ways.
    Erwin Chemerinsky, Twin Cities, 28 Feb. 2024
  • This includes an intent to harm with prior knowledge that what was said is false or was said in reckless disregard for the truth.
    Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Dec. 2023
  • On the other hand, there’s research implying that many false beliefs are little more than cheap talk.
    Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
  • That changed in the mid-20th century with the rise of Keynesian economics, which planted the false idea in Congress that deficit spending boosts growth.
    Chris Edwards, National Review, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Herbert could face up to 10 years in prison for the charge of theft of government money and up to five years for the charge of making a false statement, prosecutors said.
    Maria Elena Little Endara, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Sign up for Fact Checker, our weekly review of what's true, false or in-between in politics.
    Missy Ryan, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2024
  • All of us can play a part in responsibly consuming and sharing information so that the spread of the truth outpaces the false.
    Monica Wang, The Conversation, 13 Dec. 2023
  • There was Dan Bishop for attorney general, who’d echoed false claims the 2020 election was stolen.
    Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
  • But Meadow, who sports a nose ring, false eyelashes and purple tips on her jet black hair, saw something more valuable here.
    Laura Meckler, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Aug. 2023
  • That follows years of false claims by Trump that the 2020 presidential election was stolen by President Biden.
    Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2023
  • But the suggestion that Tumblr was only about adult content prior to 2018 is false—and the idea that there’s no adult content there now is also false.
    WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Knowingly making a false statement on the document, for instance, is a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison and fines.
    Serge F. Kovaleski, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2023
  • As the day approached, there was a growing conviction—false but intriguing— that the invitation list was not just friends but a new Four Hundred of the World.
    Gloria Steinem, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2024
  • North has also been charged with misdemeanor false report of a crime and felony making false statements, according to court records.
    Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2023
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false

2 of 2 adverb
  • The drive started with left tackle Charles Leno false-starting.
    Star Tribune, 10 Nov. 2020
  • Against the Buccaneers, the Cowboys offense false-started a league-worst four times.
    Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2022
  • The 49ers’ chances to keep the game close fizzled late when a touchdown was overturned, and Nick Mullens false-started on a sneak at the goal line and then threw an interception.
    Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 7 Dec. 2020
  • With time winding down in a scoreless game, the Gladiators made the most of a penalty corner when two of the four Hereford defenders false-started, crossing the goal line before the ball was put in play.
    Rich Scherr, baltimoresun.com, 13 Nov. 2021
  • Meanwhile, forcing axioms, which deem the continuum hypothesis false by adding a new size of infinity, would also extend the frontiers of mathematics in other directions.
    Quanta Magazine, 26 Nov. 2013
  • The drive started with left tackle Charles Leno false-starting.
    Star Tribune, 10 Nov. 2020
  • Against the Buccaneers, the Cowboys offense false-started a league-worst four times.
    Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2022
  • The 49ers’ chances to keep the game close fizzled late when a touchdown was overturned, and Nick Mullens false-started on a sneak at the goal line and then threw an interception.
    Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 7 Dec. 2020
  • With time winding down in a scoreless game, the Gladiators made the most of a penalty corner when two of the four Hereford defenders false-started, crossing the goal line before the ball was put in play.
    Rich Scherr, baltimoresun.com, 13 Nov. 2021
  • Meanwhile, forcing axioms, which deem the continuum hypothesis false by adding a new size of infinity, would also extend the frontiers of mathematics in other directions.
    Quanta Magazine, 26 Nov. 2013

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