barefaced

Example Sentences

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Mr Khan's spokesperson previously said the circulated leaflets "peddle a barefaced lie".

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2024

For her self-pitying act, Ellis drew widespread disdain for her "crocodile tears" and "barefaced lies that could give a coyote gastric distress."

From Salon • Oct. 26, 2023

That’s the job of our music presently: Can we be as barefaced, as defiant, as vulnerable as we used to be?

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2023

At one ticket counter, an agent checking passengers’ luggage wore a mask while a colleague working next to her was barefaced.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2022

Which made her barefaced lies all the more effective, Lord Asriel thought with disgust; she lied in the very marrow of her bones.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman