Examples of fib in a Sentence
Noun
I have to admit that I told a fib when I said I enjoyed the movie.
Is she telling fibs again?
Verb (1)
fibbed and said that he had remembered to water her plants while she was away
Verb (2)
the two drunken pub crawlers proceeded to fib each other senseless
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Brian Anthony Hernandez, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
Rather than going hard on law stuff or culture stuff, this episode relies a lot on Matty using her powers of empathy and her facility with fibs to crack the mystery underlying this case.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2024
Iese Business School, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Hackman dropped out of school at 16 and fibbed about his age to join the U.S. Marines.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Jason Isaacs told a little fib before being cast for The White Lotus season 3.
—Brian Anthony Hernandez, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
Rather than going hard on law stuff or culture stuff, this episode relies a lot on Matty using her powers of empathy and her facility with fibs to crack the mystery underlying this case.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2024
Verb
Much like real-life income reporting, the game’s requirement to self-report income before tax created an incentive for people to fib.
—Iese Business School, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Hackman dropped out of school at 16 and fibbed about his age to join the U.S. Marines.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Fib.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fib. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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