flimflam

Example Sentences

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He has spent the past two years framing his former partner as “Scam Altman”—something of an AI-era flimflam man.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

You can no longer flimflam an aura of general righteousness.

From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2022

Don't get this wrong – Odenkirk is at his funniest when Saul Goodman turns on his fast-talking flimflam.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2022

As the focus of the story shifts to their dangerous flimflam, “Nightmare Alley” loses a bit of steam.

From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2021

My blood ran cold thinking ’bout how this boy thought this was all a flimflam, and now he’d gone and let this horrible-looking man snatch ahold of his soul!

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis