dissembling
Example Sentences
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This fits his dissembling about his reason for vetoing the tax-credit bill.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
But altogether, the scope of his lying certainly seems to go beyond dishonesty or dissembling for monetary gain alone.
From Slate • Nov. 28, 2023
I often found myself sympathizing with the chorus members, who were blessed with some of Puts’s most compelling music but burdened with constantly assembling and dissembling the set.
From Washington Post • Nov. 23, 2022
Always dissembling, ever inventing, young David Cornwell found the art of disappearing into John le Carré comforting and comfortable.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2020
Oppenheimer’s dissembling would be exploited by Strauss and Robb to discredit virtually his every word, becoming a linchpin of the campaign to destroy him.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Vocabulary lists containing dissembling
The Crucible
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