be dishonest
Example Sentences
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“As much as it hurt, it was enjoyable, and I’d be dishonest to say otherwise,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025
Why would someone who loves you deeply be dishonest about money?
From Salon • Feb. 14, 2025
Andrews said a technology that relies on shoppers to do their own scanning and punch in product quantities tempts even law abiding citizens to be dishonest.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2023
Dr. Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, said the study shows that certain policies “engender people to be dishonest about their actions, leading to increased risk.”
From Washington Times • Oct. 10, 2022
But that would be dishonest, so instead she said, “Perhaps visiting the poor will not be as smelly as all that.”
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
