hypocrisy

Example Sentences

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When useful idiots play along, the hypocrisy is double: Perpetrators pretend to be humane, and apologists pretend to believe them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 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

They can be scathingly ironic, alert to every hypocrisy that corroborates their cynical worldview, and even seductive in a perverse, power-mad way.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2026

That hypocrisy is so obvious even if it’s still devastating.

From Slate • Jan. 13, 2026

Woodhull’s article criticized Beecher’s hypocrisy, not his infidelity.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling