dissembled
Example Sentences
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When a suspicious F.B.I. agent later interviewed him about the trip, Hua dissembled and said he was only visiting friends and family.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2023
As is evidently his habit, Walker dissembled, while throwing in some incomprehensible commentary.
From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2022
He was said to have dissembled when people on the call asked about whether repeat shop lifters or people who commit assaults without a weapon would be prosecuted and face jail terms.
From Fox News ● Jan. 20, 2022
Politicians have exaggerated and dissembled since time immemorial, including in their email dispatches.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2021
It occurred to Alison that her hostess might have gone to see, but she was half annoyed with Thorne when she noticed his badly dissembled grin.
From A Prairie Courtship by Harold Bindloss
