hypocrisy

Example Sentences

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A tradwife influencer’s public meltdown or toxic relationship prods at the artifice and hypocrisy of aspirational Christian content, but these scandals also reveal an uncomfortable relationship between creators and their audience.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

As for the rest of the world, shame and hypocrisy abound.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

Vance’s hostility, combined with some hypocrisy, shocked leaders: They’d expected a lecture from the incoming administration, but maybe on defense spending.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2026

"I have not seen so much hypocrisy in his criticism for a long time, and from all sides," he said.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

By 1820 even Adams had stopped firing off his illumination rounds and had adopted the Jeffersonian posture of benign duplicity, preferring to risk hypocrisy rather than the friendship.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis