fib

Example Sentences

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"Perhaps the starkest," Dr Rogers said, were her attempts to explain the cancer fib.

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2025

If someone were to ask me how I kept my sanity this past year, I would first probably fib and come up with something literary.

From Slate • Dec. 28, 2024

Rae’s pretext for the connection: Piano music helps her work, and Yoori was recommended by someone who overheard her practicing at the music school, a fib that the sweet but self-effacing Yoori hardly believes.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 6, 2024

During an interview last Thursday with CNN's Christian Amanpour, the former president told a big fib, or what could more generously be described as a white lie.

From Salon • Jun. 29, 2023

Mercifully, the Gran raised her arms then and the crowd went silent, saving Seven from having to fib and say whatever she got would be a blessing.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega