phony

Example Sentences

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“He’s not phony. What he does is not a performance.”

From The Wall Street Journal

All were “just as phony as the original citation,” Buchanan noted.

From Los Angeles Times

And too often we disdain politeness as phony rather than respect it as the tribute that vice pays to virtue.

From The Wall Street Journal

The phony wedding photos began making the rounds on social media after Law Roach, Zendaya’s longtime stylist, claimed earlier this month that “the wedding’s already happened.”

From Los Angeles Times

When counterfeiters make fake versions—phony name-brand sneakers, for instance—they don’t use the same materials, glues, dyes and paints that the legitimate manufacturer does.

From The Wall Street Journal