How to Use polygraph in a Sentence

polygraph

noun
  • They hooked him up to the polygraph and began the test.
  • She was asked to take a polygraph.
  • But that soldier passed a polygraph test and had been cleared by the Army.
    Andrea Estes, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Sep. 2022
  • Sanders failed three polygraphs; some of his friends failed, too.
    CBS News, 25 Mar. 2019
  • And about that polygraph test that Jason was said to have failed?
    David Begnaud, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2023
  • This would start with the polygraph test and therapist’s notes, and go back 36 years.
    WSJ, 15 Oct. 2018
  • But this was his first White Marlin Open and his first polygraph.
    Ben Finley, Houston Chronicle, 16 Dec. 2017
  • The Raiders’ guy reportedly passed a polygraph test, the 49ers’ guy flunked a drug test.
    Dwight Perry / Sideline Chatter, The Seattle Times, 5 May 2017
  • Norma was interviewed quite a few times … One of the things that she was asked to do is take a polygraph.
    CBS News, 13 June 2017
  • After the polygraph, Brown seemed confused by the results.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2022
  • And then, in late 2009, Chris sat through and passed a six-hour polygraph test, was declared innocent, and set free.
    Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Aug. 2020
  • There are moments of spark here, as when Owen attempts to coach Max through tricking a polygraph test.
    Daniel D'addario, Variety, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Police brought King back two days later for a polygraph.
    Dallas Morning News, 8 Apr. 2020
  • Hern denied the allegations and passed a polygraph test, so charges were not filed at that time.
    oregonlive, 12 June 2020
  • The same can be said of Simmons turning to a polygraph test and TMZ somehow obtaining footage of it.
    Michael Arceneaux, Essence.com, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Always testing the bona fides of friends, like the hipster equivalent of a polygraph.
    Ian Penman, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Vance agreed to take a polygraph test, but then didn't show up for the interview, detectives said.
    Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2024
  • O’Neill said Culver volunteered to take a polygraph and passed it.
    oregonlive, 1 Nov. 2019
  • His polygraph bluff gave McCarthy an excuse to storm out of the proceedings.
    Larry Tye, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2020
  • For me the biggest win — and lesson — was that I wasn’t denied clearance because of my polygraph test.
    Khalid Abdulqaadir, New York Times, 29 July 2022
  • After failing a polygraph test, Watts confessed to killing Shanann, who was pregnant, in the early hours of Aug. 13.
    Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 13 Aug. 2019
  • But the co-defendant failed a polygraph test prior to the trial — a fact never revealed to the defense.
    Dan Rodricks, baltimoresun.com, 24 June 2017
  • At least two other men were given polygraph tests in connection with the crime.
    Dallas News, 22 Sep. 2020
  • Pino also was scheduled to take a polygraph test but did not appear for it, the affidavit says.
    Isabella Volmert, Dallas News, 12 Aug. 2023
  • But Smith denied making his comment about the polygraph test when Hilland spoke with him in person the next year.
    Christina Coulter, Fox News, 5 May 2024
  • As part of her cooperation with In Touch, Daniels agreed to take a polygraph test to back up her statements.
    Dylan Matthews, Vox, 24 Mar. 2018
  • The chief also testified O’Neill passed a polygraph test.
    Bill Ruthhart, chicagotribune.com, 2 July 2019
  • After 2 years of interviews and testing, the last step was a routine polygraph test.
    Douglas Starr, Science | AAAS, 5 Aug. 2021
  • According to In Touch, however, Daniels took and passed a polygraph test at the time of her interview.
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 19 Jan. 2018
  • When the agent confronted him about lying on the polygraph, Smith denied making the comment, Hilland said.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 26 Apr. 2024

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