trumped-up story
Example Sentences
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You are crazy, child, to come to me with this trumped-up story!
From Not Like Other Girls by Carey, Rosa Nouchette
All this time the chauffeur was keeping Jennings busy over the telephone with some trumped-up story.
From The Exploits of Elaine by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)
Yes," snorted the chief, "and be laughed out of court on some trumped-up story framed by a well-paid lawyer.
From On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents by Taft, William Nelson
The trumped-up story of the guards sufficiently shows that.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark by Maclaren, Alexander
He came and told me himself he was a deputy-mayor,—a trumped-up story!
From Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau by Balzac, Honoré de
