be insincere
Example Sentences
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As impressed with “The Drama” as I am, it would be insincere not to look at Borgli’s film in a wider context.
From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026
A: You don’t have to answer a question that you know to be insincere.
From Slate • Sep. 15, 2020
“It would be insincere and contemptuous on my part to offer an apology for the tweets that expressed what was and continues to be my bona fide belief,” he said.
From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2020
As with Bowie, you will hear Prince tributes coming from some improbable quarters this week, and while they may seem unearned, they won’t be insincere.
From Slate • Apr. 22, 2016
One may be insincere under many circumstances, but one is rarely insincere when, alone, at the beginning or close of the day he reads the words of that Book, and prays.
From The Girl in Her Teens by Slattery, Margaret
