polygraph
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Police officers then attached her to a polygraph machine and questioned her about the alleged disappearance of the money.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
He still doesn’t understand that his polygraph flex makes him more twerp than Top Gun among those he is supposed to be leading.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
The person in question had no alibi for the night of the murder and had failed two polygraph tests, according to police records.
From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026
Within DHS, Noem and Lewandowski frequently berate senior level staff, give polygraph tests to employees they don’t trust and have fired employees—in one incident, Lewandowski fired a U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
Lie-detection tests are notoriously inaccurate, and calculations similar to the above demonstrate why truthful people who flunk polygraph tests usually outnumber liars.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
Vocabulary lists containing polygraph
