half-truth
Example Sentences
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Johnson’s mother, Melissa Johnson, on Wednesday said Davis “painted a negative half-truth about our son” when he described Johnson immediately after the shooting as someone with a “significant violent criminal history.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 23, 2023
Some of those are relatively harmless; using this half-truth to explain Leonardo DiCaprio’s dating habits primarily hurts DiCaprio, who hardly needs our sympathy.
From Slate • Nov. 27, 2022
Not for him the mealy-mouthed half-truth, the small evasion.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2020
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 didn’t, however, stop him from telling my mother a preliminary half-truth, letting her know about the girl but saying they were going to meet in the public park.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
