false witness
Example Sentences
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Mr. Ahamed, an unapologetic silver man, goes so far in his advocacy of remedial government action as to suborn the long-departed author of “Lombard Street,” published in 1873, to bear false witness.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Why are they so willing to discard the core principle of not bearing false witness?
From Salon • Oct. 20, 2022
His mother, Lynda Bennett, 63, has been charged with assisting an offender and perverting the course of justice, after allegedly making a false witness statement.
From BBC • Nov. 16, 2021
Under some circumstances, nearly every student facing a false witness confessed.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 13, 2019
Pap says Sheriff Jackson’s one ’em people that take all the talk about not bearing false witness to heart.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
