half-truth

Example Sentences

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Reaching for a new half-truth is no solution, and it doesn’t have to be.

From Salon • Jan. 3, 2026

Add to that social media and its capacity to spread innuendo, half-truth, fabrication and common ignorance.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2024

Just a day after the intelligence officer’s report, the Army offered a clarifying half-truth: It identified the object as a crashed weather balloon.

From Slate • Jun. 29, 2021

If a song can make you love a lie, or at least a complicated half-truth, this one does it.

From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2019

This half-truth was of great use to the poor fellow, who learned to substitute it for the real trouble in later years.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White