be untruthful
Example Sentences
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It accepted that despite coaching the patient, Dr Ogbonna did not ask her to be untruthful.
From BBC • Aug. 28, 2024
You can use this to frame a conversation about why it is appropriate, kind even, to be untruthful under certain circumstances: childhood mythologies, planning someone’s secret birthday party, kindly fibbing to avoid hurting someone’s feelings.
From Slate • Dec. 25, 2020
Arguments for including the job: It fills the gap, it shows a career path of increasing responsibility, and it would not be untruthful to say that you left the job because of the pandemic.
From Washington Post • Jul. 16, 2020
The question you asked — I’d be untruthful if I said it doesn’t matter to me, because of course it does, and I think there will be an appropriate time to have those conversations.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 31, 2018
I must tell you," she said in a low voice: "I must not be untruthful to you, Mamma: I will give Blair all I have myself.
From The Iron Woman by Deland, Margaret Wade Campbell
