fib

Example Sentences

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Although the last part was a bit of a fib, I hoped the mention of family would put him in a sensible frame of mind.

From Literature

After an overconfident miller fibs that his daughter can spin straw into gold, a greedy king locks the poor girl in a room full of straw.

From The Wall Street Journal

He didn’t know diddly about ships or sailing, so he had to tell a big fib to get a job as a cabin boy.

From Literature

Stunned by her blatant fibbing, I backed off.

From MarketWatch

By the way, they also confess to occasionally fibbing about “overqualificiations” to spare job applicants’ egos.

From The Wall Street Journal